The feeling of loneliness can be caused by a number of reasons and each person has there own individual experience of the reasons why they could be experiencing loneliness.

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We can never understand what anyone's experience is really like when they feel lonely because each one in itself is different. 

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But there are a number of themed root causes that could trigger the feelings of loneliness/ 

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• Having a recent bereavement

• going through a relationship breakdown 

• starting a new school, college of a university. 

• finishing education and leaving a school, college or university and not being around the same people.

• retiring and losing the social contact you had at work.

• changing jobs and feeling isolated from your co-workers.

• moving to a new area away from your family, friends or community networks. 

• Leaving shared accommodation with a group of friends to a house on your own.

• Starting your own family and having a baby.