DESCRIBING: LONELINESS
• people watching, craving contact (visiting a park to feed birds, sitting on the porch)
• wearing comfort clothes
• using books, the internet, or tv to generate a feeling of interaction
• an expression that crumples when people show affection for one another
• a pain in the chest
• a downcast gaze
• tears, sadness, depression
• giving an abnormal amount of love and attention to someone or something (daily visits to a neighbor, treating a pet like a baby)
• bingeing (overeating, hoarding, buying unnecessary items)
• frequently calling family or friends
• a willingness to talk to strangers just to interact–at the grocery, in the library, etc.
• a disinterest in one's appearance or an abnormal interest in one's appearance
• slumped shoulders, limp posture...
