You may scroll through everyone else's lives looking full, and wonder why yours feels so far from that. Maybe you have people around — classmates, family, group chats — but still feel like no one really sees you. You may put on a version of yourself that fits in, yet feel disconnected nevertheless.

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Loneliness in young people is more common than it gets talked about, partly because it feels embarrassing to say out loud, like everyone except yourself has it figured out. But feeling lonely doesn't mean something's wrong with you. 

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It doesn’t have to stay this way. Sometimes it just helps to have a space where you don’t need to perform or explain yourself, and someone actually listens to what’s going on for you.