I know exactly what you mean. Like you can have people around you but just don't feel anyone understands? Like, truly understands what you're feeling. It's what led me to text my marriage counselor at 3 a.m. Saturday night while sitting by myself on the beach on a family vacation. I was down there with my husband, daughter, and parents but felt horribly lonely in that moment (was crying) and told MC that in the message. (Thankfully, MC responded very kindly the next day to my text).

We talked today in our joint session with my H about it. MC was trying to describe to my H the difference between literally being alone (me on the beach) and feeling lonely (how I felt on the beach). MC then asked if I ever just felt like there was a void inside of me that no one could truly fill, like stuff from the past. And I said that yes, I did. He said it's something that, with the help of my T, him, and my H, that only I can figure out how to fill, that no one else would be able to fill it. That they could help, but it's really up to me.