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I scroll through my contacts when I feel lonely but do not actually text anyone

Contact-scrolling without reaching out is digital window shopping for connection. It provides the cognitive comfort of proximity to people without the vulnerability of actual contact. The barrier is not lack of people to reach out to — it is the perceived cost of being the one who reaches out first.

Have you ever done this?

Be honest — have you ever done this?

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Researchers studying loneliness found that the fear of rejection in initiating contact is so strong that many people prefer continued loneliness to the risk of an awkward or unreturned message.

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