To Desire And To Lack

It has been suggested that loneliness has multiple dimensions, including social and emotional ones.

People who experience social loneliness feel like they are not part of a group that shares their interests, that they do not belong.

Those who experience emotional loneliness feel they lack intimacy. For instance, though many singles tend to be happy and satisfied with life, “involuntary singles” tend to be unhappy because of high emotional loneliness (i.e., they desire but lack intimate attachments).