Why Some People Don’t Feel Lonely

Feeling socially connected is a need all of us share, but human interaction isn’t the only way to get it

Deanna Pai
Forge
Published in
3 min readJun 19, 2020

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There was a point, midway through quarantine, where I started to wonder if I was made for it.

I’m used to alone time in abundance — I spent seven years living on my own. And I know firsthand that loneliness…

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Deanna Pai
Forge
Writer for

I’m a writer and editor in New York City. You can find my work in Vogue, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, New York Magazine, and beyond.