Feeling Alone: Struggling in Tough Times

Reflections of Loneliness and Self-Discovery

1️⃣ It started as a stress-reduction protocol The technique was designed to reduce sensory overload during isolation tests. But on day 11, all three astronauts independently reported the same phenomenon: They could feel the room with their eyes closed - like a spatial map etched onto their skin. No hallucinations. Just certainty. 2️⃣ What alarmed researchers wasn’t the vision - it was the precision One astronaut described a wrench behind a sealed panel he’d never opened. It was there. Another id