Feeling Hollow Despite Loved Ones? Who Else Relates?

I want to discuss something we rarely address in Nigeria. Not heartbreak or breakups. I mean a deep loneliness that persists even when family, friends, and notifications surround you. You feel hollow, as if you’re watching your own life happen to someone else. I know someone who lived exactly like this. He had a good job and a decent salary. Every day was the same: wake up, go to work, scan items, go home, scroll his phone, sleep. The only escape was a mobile game and Korean dramas downloaded on night data. He wasn’t dramatic or crying in public. He was disappearing slowly, in Ojuelegba, among millions of people, yet no one spoke his name. Have you ever felt alone while in a relationship or surrounded by friends? Do we talk about this honestly in Nigeria, or do we just pray and count our blessings? I believe millions are going through the motions, feeling empty, and too ashamed to say it out loud because they can’t explain why they’re not okay.

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