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Dealing with emotions you just can't explain? Experts say you could be lonely and not know it

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Loneliness is the sense that you're not sharing anything meaningful or that matters with anyone else.
Loneliness is the sense that you're not sharing anything meaningful or that matters with anyone else.
Photo: Oleg Breslavtsev/Getty Images

Many people suffer from loneliness without even knowing or understanding what they are going through.

Even though some may perceive it as the absence of people around, this is far from the truth. People who always have people around them or in their lives may feel lonely.

Relationship expert Paula Quinsee says loneliness is the sense that you're not sharing anything meaningful with anyone else.

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