Dear Mina:

I think you need to sometimes not be alone. Maybe you are not as connected, not as together as you think you are with friends. For example, you referred to your associate (my term) as “best guy friend” while at the same time you described interactions and feelings that were not congruent with togetherness, closeness, emotional intimacy.

If you have a friendship with another where you take togetherness, although not romantic or physical, to a deeper level, a real level, you will feel less alone.

anita