Never Being Lonely Was My Superpower
Accepting loneliness to create connection.
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4 min readMar 2, 2021
I was 12 when I decided I would never be lonely again.
I did what any self-respecting pre-teen would do after deciding that being lonely was unacceptable. At least, I did what any socially-traumatized near-teenager with trust issues would do. I made friends with characters in a book.
