5️⃣ The Causes of Loneliness: What’s Pulling You Away from Others?
💡 Emotional loneliness often doesn’t begin as a conscious decision, but rather as a result of external circumstances beyond our control—like loss, migration, or a breakup. Today we reflect on these causes and how they affect our connections.
🔹 What kinds of events can distance us from others?
🔸 Significant emotional losses (bereavement, separation) create voids that we can’t always fill.
🔸 Migration or relocation separates us from our usual support network.
🔸 Romantic breakups or divorces leave emotional wounds that make it hard to open up to new connections.
🔸 Major life changes such as retirement, illness, or moving into a care home also reshape our relationships.
🔹 What impact do these external causes have?
Not only is physical contact lost, but the shared emotional space disappears too. Life changes, bonds grow cold or fade, and feelings of abandonment or disconnection may appear.
🔹 What can we do when facing these losses or changes?
🔸 Acknowledge the wounds they have left behind.
🔸 Accept that some relationships will evolve or fade over time.
🔸 Seek new ways of connecting, from a place of self-compassion and openness.
💡 Understanding the origin of loneliness is the first step toward rebuilding our bonds.
✨ “When one door closes, another one opens.”
🔹 Final reflection:
Sometimes it’s not about returning to the past, but making room for new connections. Even if the world has changed around you, you can always start planting seeds again.
With love,
Dr. Arturo José Sánchez Hernández, your friend in health promotion. 💙
📚 Did you enjoy this read?
Discover more in the book Challenging Loneliness: Paths to Reconnect:
https://books2read.com/Challenging-Loneliness-English
🧠 Would you like to know the story behind this project?
Read the interview with Dr. Arturo José Sánchez Hernández here:
👉 https://mentalhealthmaun.blogspot.com/2025/04/interview-with-arturo-jose-sanchez.html
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💙 Together, we build paths toward emotional well-being.
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