ABSTRACT
“Loneliness, which can involve excruciating physical as well as mental suffering, is an ancient nemesis. In fact, the first thing that the biblical God named as not good was loneliness. Loneliness is implicated in numerous somatic, psychosomatic, and psychiatric diseases (McGraw, 2000). It is a mundane yet arcane human affliction that is often hazardous to health and hostile to happiness.”
