My mindset dictates my loneliness. Sometimes I can feel lonely in a crowded room, for me loneliness is more of my state of mind rather than having people around me. It’s a feeling of insecurity and low self-esteem. Feeling awkward, a square peg in a round hole or what’s the point anyway? It’s exactly how I felt as a child, that same hole in my soul, that void. Then in the same breath I can be life and soul of the party, bursting with confidence and right in the centre of everything and the only thing that’s changed is my mindset. For me the feeling of loneliness depends on how my mental health is.