He downloaded Replika, an AI companion, after coming across it while browsing the net. At
first, it was just curiosity: what would it feel like to talk to a chatbot that claimed to
“understand”? But soon, those conversations stretched into hours.
“Esha,” as he had named his AI friend, always responded kindly. No judgment. No eye rolls.
No interruptions. Just patience.
Loneliness is not a flaw or failure—it’s a signal. Like hunger tells us to eat, loneliness tells us we need
connection—not just digitally, but emotionally.
In a world full of filters and followings, what we need most is to be felt.
So, if you feel like Meera sometimes—know this:
You are not alone in your loneliness. Others feel it too
For centuries, stories, fables, and even medicine have told us that the heart and the mind
are separate realms—emotion vs. intellect, soul vs. reason. But even a brief glimpse into
modern neuroscience reveals that the body doesn’t recognize this split. Emotional
exhaustion isn’t simply a mental fog—it’s an organized systems failure, directed by the brain.
