In September, a Reddit user identifying themselves as a 25-year-old man turned to the r/ForeverAlone subreddit(Reddit子版块) with a question: How do you deal with touch starvation(皮肤饥渴)? “It’s becoming obvious to me that I’ll probably be alone forever,” he wrote. He used to be worried about missing out on sex, but now he just misses hugs. Cuddles.
今年9月，一名自称25岁的男性Reddit用户来到r/ForeverAlone子版块发问：如何应对“皮肤饥渴”？“我越来越清楚地意识到，自己大概会孤独终老，”他写道。他过去担心的是错过性爱，如今他怀念的只是拥抱。依偎。
“I don’t have many friends and none with that kind of physical relationship. I don’t really hug family either anymore. Some days, I feel so desperate(极度渴望的) for a hug with someone I love.”
“我朋友不多，也没有谁跟我有那种身体上的亲密关系。我现在甚至也不怎么拥抱家人了。有些日子，我极度渴望能拥抱一个我爱的人。”
On another thread(帖子，讨论串), a user identifying as a 20-year-old woman took to the platform to ask if anyone else had experienced university as one of the loneliest times in their lives. “I eat lunch alone, go to class, drive home, study, and repeat,” the user wrote. “Evenings and weekends are the hardest because I crave(渴望) social connection, but there’s no one to go out with or even talk to.”
在另一个帖子里，一名自称20岁的女性用户在该平台上发问：是否还有别人也把大学视为一生中最孤独的时期之一？“我一个人吃午饭，去上课，开车回家，学习，然后重复，”她写道。“傍晚和周末最难熬，因为我渴望社交，却没有人可以一起出去，甚至没有人可以说说话。”
‘Being very busy didn’t protect me’
“非常忙碌并没有保护我”
Awkward anyway
反正都很尴尬
‘Digital is not the enemy’
“数字技术不是敌人”
The ‘loneliness loop’
“孤独循环”