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What is Loneliness? Loneliness is an emotion characterised by the feeling of pain caused by a perceived lack of intimacy with other people or ourselves (Nick Wignall, 2020). Whilst many of us can recall a time when we experienced feelings of loneliness, for some these feelings are not temporary or sporadic in nature. For some, loneliness is a feeling that becomes a regular or constant feature in their experience. Age UK has estimated that 1.4 million older people were expect