Loneliness is that sick, sinking feeling in your chest when the holidays are coming and you have nowhere to be. And you dread those random people asking you what you're going to be doing, so you make up **** just so they won't have to know nobody wants to spend time with you. And you know you can call "family" and weasel your way into making something, anything, happen - but the truth is that if you didn't "make it work", they wouldn't even think of you.

Loneliness is like one of those nightmares when you are in the middle of a dangerous crisis and you're trying to get help, but everyone laughs at you, or ignores the problem like its nothing or you try to scream but no sound comes out. And no one notices , or worse - even though they glance up for a second to see your distress, they show no care at.all. and just carry on reading their book or enjoying that cup of coffee.

That's loneliness to me.