I guess I never really understood loneliness until I started to do a radio talk show. I thought I did, but what I had mistaken for loneliness was little league compared to what people go through on a day-to-day, hour-by-hour, minute-by-minute basis. I break it down this closely, because when a person is really in pain from loneliness, a minute can be a long time.
I still find it hard to accept that some people out there are so alone and in such pain that they will call a voice on the radio to try to get help or at least some conversation--even if it has to be from a stranger.
I have talked to numerous people who were really troubled, really in pain, and I think I can safely say that the majority, even the ones who were talking about suicide, were only about three or four hugs from being okay.
Funseekers, I've never preached to you, but don't let anyone you know get in that shape. Give them a hug. If there was more hugging going on, the psychiatrists would all be looking for work.
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A Couple of Hugs Can Go a Long Way