Protracted loneliness causes you to shut down socially, and to be more suspicious of any social contact [...] You start to be more likely to take offense where none was intended, and to be afraid of strangers. You start to be afraid of the very thing you need most. #JohannHari

- April 04, 2024

Protracted loneliness causes you to shut down socially, and to be more suspicious of any social contact [...] You start to be more likely to take offense where none was intended, and to be afraid of strangers. You start to be afraid of the very thing you need most. #JohannHari
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Protracted loneliness causes you to shut down socially, and to be more suspicious of any social contact [...] You start to be more likely to take offense where none was intended, and to be afraid of strangers. You start to be afraid of the very thing you need most. #JohannHari

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