Loneliness help Posts

Ever wonder why our institutions excel at blaming the individual instead of fixing the problem? I’ve spent a long time studying this, and I’ve codified it into what I call The Narcissistic Systems Model. When a macro-system fails u…

Do you every feel like you’re surrounded by people who make you despair at humanity? Or, that somehow, despite an obviously increasing number of shitheads, people treat you strangely when you call them out? That feeling, of having an almost t…

Welcome to part 2 of our series on how to spot a narcissistic system – this time via it’s patterns of tactics. From gaslighting, blame-shifting, triangulation and all the other famous mind games, to their less well-known cousins, like mo…

Welcome dear reader. This is the first post in a 3 part series on how to recognize a narcissistic system—be that a workplace, an institution, a family, or even a social circle. Why talk about narcissistic systems on a blog on loneliness? Bec…

WEAPONIZED POSITIVITY Have you ever had a so-called friend... FIRE you? Have you ever been abandoned because your grief was 'too heavy' for their 'capacity'? Or because your collection of Grindcore CDs was deemed an indication of your “bad r…

Do you ever wonder why it seems so hard to connect? Do you repeatedly make the effort, only to be ignored, brushed off, or treated like the very act of wanting connection makes you strange? Why is this so common? And so painful? Today, w…