And, you know, kind of like how we all got here together, because this loneliness epidemic has been created, co-created by really all of us.

W- I know that by being an only child, uh, there is an immediate attachment, I think, to loneliness.

Um, and then having little things that happen that structure your life, like a divorce.

Um, and then having other, um, step-parents who come in that detract your parents' focus on you, and you go, "Uh, me, me, me." Like, "I'm an only child, like, pay attention." And they're falling in love again, or there might be a distraction via alcohol.

Like, my father was a pretty significant drinker, and participated in behaviors that really, uh, made me feel second, third, fourth.

And that is the child trauma, the inner child that has really helped move me through this time.

I say helped because now, of course, it becomes a gift when you really own, you know, what the trauma is, um, in, in that personal growth and exploration.

And go.