Loneliness

Sitting in my car waiting for a client to arrive I have been listening to a program on the increasing problem of loneliness in society here in the UK.
Loneliness occurs when we lose the ability to communicate on a level that infers understanding and connection, not simply the noise of words passing through space.
We all have something to say !
Usually we stop short of opening up to others in conversation because of our up-bringing, because we are unsure if our revelations will be misunderstood, whether we will be viewed weak. Yet in reality, we have more in common with our fellow man and women than we could ever believe. The unity of friendship be it religious or standing in a crowd shouting for the same team is universal.

But why do we need people, what is it inside our mind which becomes troubled when we only have our own company.
Does the noise of other people comfort us by blanking out our own thoughts. Does our own insecurity blast out too many demons, inject too many unanswerable questions. Silence is golden but only for a while and then it begins to hang heavily.
I suppose ones surroundings play a large part in the discomfort of not having someone to pass a comment to.
If the environment is remote words, seem out of place and the peace that the silence brings, in part reminds one of how inconsequential we are in the grand scheme of things. But transpose that silence to a place where there had, in the past, been continual interaction, then the silence is visceral.
I suppose one way is to surround ones self with the routine of artificial company. The radio in the morning, the TV at night. After a while, these programs become the hook that pulls you into becoming absorbed with content, other than you own dilemma.
Of course its not the same. One could find ones-self shouting at the screen if the issue is dear to your heart and the blighter just doesn't understand but somehow when you get to this stage, its perhaps better your on your own !!