Going through an exhaustive search of your own deficiencies in an effort to understand why it didn’t

“work out” is not only unnecessarily but misleading.

And when a first date doesn’t return your texts, call your grandparents and remind yourself that your
voice alone brings joy to others.

Loneliness may kill

Emotianl Pain
How do you cope with failure?
Stop emotional bleeding
Rejection
Protect your self-esteem
Rumination - chewing up mistreatment
Distraction helps to dodge rumination, concentrate on something else

Loneliness distorts our perceptions, making us believe the people around us care much less than they
actually do, and it makes us view our existing relationships more negatively, such that we see them
as less meaningful and important than we would if we were not lonely.