@racheeeel022: You're in six group chats and you feel completely alone. That's not a contradiction. Hearts on stories, laughing faces, forwarding a reel instead of saying a sentence. It looks like friendship, and it costs nothing, and that's the problem. Nothing that costs nothing can make you feel known. You haven't lost the ability to be close to people. You've just been fed a version of closeness that never asks you for anything. This week, pick one person and be inconvenient. Call them. Say the actual thing. Send this to the friend you keep meaning to call. . . . #doomscrolling #loneliness #phoneaddiction #friendship #digitaldetox