• An interruption in your childhood developmental stages
• Hostile / intrusive or withdrawn / mis-attuned parents
• Learned helplessness
If you feel severely lonely , I strongly encourage you to seek out a therapist ( I recommend searching for those who are trauma-informed ). While this article can help to give you a place to start , working through trauma-related issues is beyond the scope of what I present here . Traumatrained spiritual counsellors and therapists will help provide space , compassion , and tools for you to heal . Also , keep in mind that it ’ s perfectly normal to feel lonely without any clear reason . Even if everything feels fine in your life , suddenly feeling alone out of the blue is not unheard of . Often , the feeling will pass quickly . But if it becomes persistent , it ’ s time to do some soul searching .
The Spiritual Cause of Feeling Alone
“ If you were to ask for an antidote to the anguish of human loneliness , I would suggest that you reencounter and reexamine the connection that unites us with the earth , our lost ‘ umbilical cord ’. I would invite you to recognise the presence of an inexhaustible love that remains unaffected by human affairs . It is not so difficult . Look around , remember the being that sustains us , and realise you are at home , always at home .” – The Teachings of Don Carlos
If you ’ re not interested in the metaphysical , I recommend that you skip this part . However , if you ’ d like to discover the underlying spiritual cause of feeling alone , stick around . I ’ ll try to be brief . As spiritual beings having a human experience , our connection to the Divine is just as important as our connection to everyday tasks . We are not just meat suits walking around getting shit done : there is a deeper essence , a mysterious spark within all of us . That deeper essence is the Soul , which is part of the Great Spirit ( or Life Force ) that runs through all things .