This is d example of loneliness:
"I have felt lonely all my life, and I think that it is getting progressively worse as I GET OLDER. I feel more mature and wiser now but somehow the feelings have just increased. I am just suffering a break up and all my friends are moving on with their lives. I want to do that too. I am seeking employment and a life that I can be proud of. I am stick of these four walls and watching my life slip away. I have no transport and cannot get anywhere without a car as it is too dangerous to walk. I feel trapped and boxed in. Life holds no more joy."
For some women, a lonely heart may lead to actual heart damage.
A new study has linked feeling forlorn to a nearly 80 percent increase in the risk of heart disease — but only in women.
Other studies have shown that depressed and socially isolated people are at a greater risk for developing heart disease, said the study's lead author Rebecca C. Thurston, an assistant professor of psychiatry and epidemiology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Both of these factors can lead to stress, which can ultimately lead to heart disease. But in a new study published in Psychosomatic Medicine, Thurston found the loneliness link even after accounting for the women's level of depression and sociability.
