A Pill for Loneliness
Inside the hunt for drugs that ease the effects of isolation on the brain
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9 min readJan 15, 2019
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Loneliness is part of the human condition. A primeval warning sign, like hunger or thirst, to seek out a primary resource: connection. Millions of years of evolution have shaped us into creatures who need social bonds in the same way that we need food and water.