Home/Social & Belonging/Loneliness in crowds/ThoughtI stood there in that hallway for twenty minutes just listening to the silence, and it was the loudest thing I’ve heard in a decade.loneliness in crowdsemotional numbnessShare this thoughtCopy linkShare on XDownload imageDoes this resonate with you?Share Your OwnBrowse MoreOthers have felt this tooI hate that I want to fill it with noise again, even though I swore I needed it gone. …empty nest voidi’ve been sitting here in the dark for like two hours just listening to the silence which is honestly the only thing keeping me sane right now because my neighbor’s kids finally went home and my… …social exhaustionI just stood there, staring into his empty room and thinking “what the FUCK do I do now? …caregiver identity lossI’m sitting on the floor behind the couch right now because the silence in this house is making my ears ring.social exhaustionRelated ThemesComparison spiralsFeeling Invisible With AgeFriendship fakenessLosing Friends to TimeMidlife Loneliness