Loneliness can be destructive
Feeling lonely, especially as a part of a couple, can feel isolating – and that isolation can make people do some out-of-character things like, you know, cheat on their partners, no matter how loving. Cheaters who do so out of loneliness often feel “revitalized.”
“Communication between couples is often only at surface level…that do not delve too deep into a person’s real psyche,” McRitchie said. “Add a third person to this mix and suddenly the ìnvisible`person feel wanted, important. The person cheating is often trying to jolt themselves alive again in the form of cheating. Once again – at the heart of this is often a need to express unhappiness or dissatisfaction but instead of speaking to their partner they communicate their loneliness through infidelity and will believe that a connection with another person is what will ‘cure’ them – when in fact it can often lead to them feeling more confused and lonely.”
