Emotional pain is a feeling that most of us experience at some point in our lives for various reasons. I think the worst emotional suffering any human can go through is the pain of loss. Whether it is losing someone we once cared for, losing a family member, losing a friend who occupied a big part of our lives, or most relevant to our digital present, losing a routine that revolved around tangible interactions, asserting the fact that we do exist as physical beings, not mechanical fingers typing on a keyboard. It’s the loss of a feeling of belonging to something that made us once feel like our existence mattered in this world, like we are noticed and valued, and like we can use our voices and expressions to communicate with others -an affirmation that we’re more than just numbers and codes and Instagram posts.
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