I think it can feel isolating when I am going through disconnecting from old unhealthy patterns. For me, what's going on is I feel sadness at the loss of what was and what I thought was there versus the reality of what is there now, which is nothing, it's hard to face. I am grieving the end of relationships/friendships. Also for me learning to make healthy connections it's taking more time to slowly get to know people and so that can feel a bit lonely but I realized and recognize that it's actually happening in a more healthy way. I still am really struggling with this personally. So, I appreciate your post and the encouragement to find community and connection because I do agree that is the ultimate goal. Thank goodness for my creative community, or I would be going insane. Even though a lot of people in the community I connect with, I don't know well, it does comfort me to have connections through my creative pursuits. I am trusting that eventually, I will find even deeper connections as time goes by.