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Loneliness

ByJennifer Nurick
The best cure for loneliness is not more frequent interactions. It’s more meaningful interaction. Many people enjoy solitude. We can spend up to 75% of our time alone without feeling isolated. What matters most for well-being is the quality of connections, not the quantity. Adam Grant

I’m a natural introvert. 

For me, that means that I enjoy time to myself. When I feel tired, my natural inclination is to rest and spend time alone. This allows me to focus on and nurture myself. I don’t have to be aware of what anyone else is thinking or feeling. In this space, I become rejuvenated and eventually feel ‘full’ enough to connect with others. 

Also, I would rather go deeper with a few people, than stay on the surface with many. Maybe that’s why I love being a therapist. I get to go deep. 

So, for me, yes – the quality of connection, not the quantity.

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Jennifer Nurick is a Master's-qualified Clinical Psychotherapist, attachment and trauma therapist and couples therapist with over 20 years in private practice. She helps adults and couples heal anxious and avoidant attachment, childhood trauma and recurring relationship patterns, drawing on IFS, EMDR and Emotionally Focused Therapy. Jennifer is the author of Heal Your Anxious Attachment (New Harbinger), host of the Psychotherapy Central Podcast and founder of Psychotherapy Central.

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