Can't I Just Stop Feeling So Alone? / Can't I Just Be a Good Friend?

De: Jennifer Larsen

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

Friendship and loneliness are often treated as opposites—but in real life, they’re deeply connected.

This book looks at both sides of human connection: how friendships form, grow, and sometimes stall, and why loneliness can appear even when people are present. It focuses on the emotional and relational skills that are rarely taught—listening, reciprocity, managing expectations, recognizing imbalance, and understanding what connection actually requires.

Rather than offering quick fixes or social scripts, the book helps readers make sense of experiences they may have struggled to name. It reframes loneliness not as a personal failure, but as a signal—often pointing to unmet needs, mismatched dynamics, or skills that were never explained.

Readers can engage with the themes of friendship and loneliness in whatever way feels most relevant to them, gaining clarity, language, and reassurance along the way.

Written with warmth, honesty, and practical insight, this book is for anyone who wants deeper connection—or who has felt alone and wondered why it feels so hard.