Letters to the Editor: ‘Loneliness took hold of me in a school full of people’ 

A young reader says that, even amidst people, we can easily experience profound loneliness

'You could be surrounded by people, have a really big family, yet still feel so alone.' Picture: iStock

Let me tell you about being lonely. Research shows that Ireland is the loneliest place in Europe.

The way I see it there are two types of loneliness, the first is the literal interpretation: You might have no friends, you’re not so close to your family, not too many meaningful relationships, and you’re alone a lot with just yourself for company. The other meaning is the worst one, you could be surrounded by people, have a really big family, yet still feel so alone.