Many thanks to those who have written in
I’d like to thank everyone who has sent me notes and messages over the past few weeks. After working in isolation for several years (yes, writing is lonely work), it’s wonderful to hear from people, and to know that the book is making a difference. If you’ve written in (you know who you are!) thank you for your message.
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Dear Emily,
I just read a review of your book in People magazine and I will definitely order it from Amazon. I am almost 65 years old and have a busy life; adult children, grandchildren and many friends but I also believe that I have struggled with lonliness off and on my whole life. I do feel energized and happier when I feel connected to the people around me. I look forward to reading your book
I, too, read the review in People, today. I drove 45 miles and bought your book today at Barnes and Noble. I am 53 years old and think loneliness has been with me as far back as I can remember. I’ve only in the last couple of years been able to label my feeling of “loneliness.”
I am already half way through the book. Thanks for writing about something that seems so difficult to explain.
Thank you for driving 45 miles to get my book!
Here’s another who read the review of your book in People … I turn 55 on Sunday, am the middle child of 6, and have struggled with loneliness all my life. I think it is/has always been part my core AND that it screams loudly to others without making a sound. I particularly enjoyed your blog about the commercialization of relationships … I’ll look forward to picking up a copy of your book.
I definitely will be buying this book! While to the outsider I should not feel lonely I am and this is the first time I’ve heard of such a book! My loneliness causes me to do risky behaviors that when I’m in “relationships” with friends I normally wouldn’t do! Thank you for this book.
Went out and bought the book immediately and didn’t put it down. Even if there is no “cure” at least I know I am not really “alone”. At the next social the odds there is someone there “just like me”. Great book – all therapists should read this book. Your description of depression and the differences to lonliness were very powerful. I have passed this book on to my family and friends. I am in my fifties and remember these “feelings” when I was about six years old. I tried to get hold of those “group lonlines guidelines” with no luck.
My sister bought me your book last week and I’ve already finished it. I thought it was extremely well-written and could relate to a lot of it! I found the differences between loneliness and depression especially interesting, as I had never really considered them before. I was clinically depressed in my 20s (I’m 37 now), and after reading your book I realize that while my feelings definitely spiraled into depression, that downward spiral was caused by loneliness. I even called it as “situational depression” at the time, which was my way of trying to get at the fact that it was caused by something — loneliness — that I couldn’t ‘cure’ on my own or even with medication. I also liked how you stressed it’s not a matter of just getting out there and meeting new people, but making DEEP connections (or enough deep connections that you get to experience often enough). What do you think about the proliferation of on-line dating? However many millions of people with profiles on dating web sites, I’ll bet a significant portion of them struggle with loneliness and are on those sites to find the deep connection they crave. Anyway, thank you so much for writing this book!
Oh my goodness! I just spent 6 straight hours reading this book-cannot believe there are so many people JUST LIKE ME in this lonely planet. just reading yr. story, and the stories of others made me feel better, someho. I haven’t owned an adress book since I was 23 bc. it is shameful to have none to put in it. One time I was holding a conversation w. one of my imaginary companions while making soup, turned around to ask them if thet wanted bread- and immediately spent an hour lying on my kitchen floor- just like you!- while hot tears of humiliation dripped down the sides of my face. Thank you for this book. I don’t think I’ve ever read anything with which I related so entirely. Onward and upward- off to sspend the beautiful day at the library, alone, eating @ my favorite diner, alone, walking around taking photos of abandoned shopping carts, alone, but for the first time in a long time- not feeling horribly lonely the whole while. I admire your bravery. Thank you thank you thank you
I’m right with you on the address book issue — I don’t have one either, for precisely the same reason!