“Lonely people tend to scoop out larger spaces of isolation to burrow into by cutting themselves off from others – triggering the self-fulfilling prophecy of preventing rejection by avoiding opportunities for connection. Bonds are weakened, contact is reduced, loneliness fissures outward.”

“Lonely people tend to scoop out larger spaces of isolation to burrow into by cutting themselves off from others – triggering the self-fulfilling prophecy of preventing rejection by avoiding opportunities for connection. Bonds are weakened, contact is reduced, loneliness fissures outward.”

— Kristen Radtke