Nicole
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Hi.
Hi, Dr. Deloney.
I can't complain.
The sun is shining and there's a wonderful breeze off the ocean.
Well, I was just wondering, how does one accept loneliness in a mentally healthy way without giving up hope that someday they'll be able to make connections?
Um...
For the last two years, I've been seeing a therapist and being medicated, and I moved out on my own, and I'm trying to grow up, you know.
28.
Depression.
Okay.
I'm on Lexapro, 5 milligrams.
Um, I, I had an incident when I was 21 where I didn't do very well out in the world and I became a house hermit for almost six years.
Um,
I was at a private college at the time and I had my very first panic attack and this was, you know, about 10 years ago.
So that wasn't really normal and people didn't treat me very well.
Um, they thought I was, you know, I don't know.
They just thought I was really strange and I became kind of an outcast after that.
And it was really hard to like,
not be afraid of other people.
Yeah.