F. Banafshe in her recent post suggested that sharing loneliness makes it smaller and more bearable. A diagram came to my mind illustrating this theory, showing that dividing loneliness not only diminishes it but actually questions it entirely.

When “we” lonely people are alone only for ourselves, each of us has a specific or undefined amount of loneliness and struggles within it. But when we share our loneliness, everyone contributes to others’ loneliness based on their capacity, either adding to or reducing their own. As a result, we become part of a community of lonely people who share equally in loneliness. Tadah! When we are part of a community, even a community of the lonely, we are no longer truly alone.