9. Is something making you lonely
是不是某件事讓你感到孤獨

Introverts like their own company, but it’s easy to get too much of it. When this happens, ask yourself what’s changed. Are you with someone who makes you feel lonely even when they’re right next to you? Are you in a new town, job, or living space? Do your surroundings or routines feel stale and overdone? What’s making you unhappy with the situation?
內向的人喜歡獨處，但總是一個人也不太好。如果孤獨來襲，請問問自己發生了怎樣的變化。是不是某些人明明就在身邊卻還是讓你感到孤獨呢？你搬到了新城市、換了新工作或住處？是周圍環境或日常瑣事讓你覺得索然無味而難以承受嗎？這種情況下是什么讓你覺得不快樂？

In some cases, people feel lonely because something is missing. In others, people feel lonely because something needs to be subtracted. This can be harder to identify, because we always try to hold on to the things we believe make us happy and define us. A big part of overcoming loneliness is defining oneself on one’s own terms.
有時候，人們感到孤獨是因為失去了某些東西；有時候，人們感到孤獨是因為需要精簡掉某些東西。這很難定義，因為人們總是試圖緊緊抓住自認為能夠讓自己開心并定義自己的東西，而戰勝孤獨很大程度上需要用自己的方式去定義自己。