> Loneliness is a psychological problem masquerading as a social one. > Look, there are people all around us. Neighborhood streets have, what, 50 people on the

> Loneliness is a psychological problem masquerading as a social one. > Look, there are people all around us. Neighborhood streets have, what, 50 people on them? People congregate at churches, bars, coffee shops, even Wal-Marts. I like the idea of "personalized help"! I don't like the "psychological" part, though. In my experience, psychology is all about blaming people for their problems, labeling them, and looking for solutions in their minds instead of the greater context. A friend of mine has had several hundred hours of psychotherepy, ranging from psychoanalysis the CEBT, and it did not help at all, but put a lot of pressure in the form of blame on him. He had been lonely for about 20 years. Never alone, but always lonely. Of course, everybody assumed that something was "wrong" with him. Then we met. We clicked immediately and have been good friends ever since. So the solution just came to him without him contributing anything. You always have to have a look at the bigger picture, especially when it comes to topics as complex as loneliness. It cannot be solved in an individual. It's a social problem, period.