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Worksheet Sheet Loneliness and connection

What Being Close Feels Like

Works out what closeness actually feels like for you, so you know what to look for.

Purpose: Works out what closeness actually feels like for you, so you know what to look for.

When to use: Use this on a quiet day, with no rush on you.

Worksheet prompts

  1. Think of a time you felt close to someone. Where were you, and what were you doing?
  2. What did it feel like in your body?
    Draw it, mark it on a body, or write it. Any of those.
  3. What has to be there for you to feel it?
    Time. No phones. Being asked a question. Doing something side by side.
  4. How much of that is in your weeks right now?

Once you know what it feels like, you can stop chasing the wrong version of it.