There’s a strange thing happening in the way we connect today. We’re more “linked” than ever before, hundreds of friends online, infinite posts to scroll through, and new digital communities forming every day. Yet many people wake up feeling something that wasn’t supposed to exist in a hyper-connected world: loneliness. This isn’t a cliché; it’s backed by what researchers and mental health professionals are seeing. The vast majority of people use social platforms daily, but t