Loneliness has become one of the most talked-about topics in psychology and public health, yet it remains deeply misunderstood. Is loneliness simply the same as being alone? Does loneliness look different at 20 than it does at 70, or is the experience more universal than we think? And at what point does a normal human experience become something more concerning? In this edition of Conversations on Psychology, I spoke with Dr Eric Schoenmakers, a loneliness researcher whose wo