I still feel so very much alone. I am beginning to think that it is just "me", and that is the way I am going to be. The struggles I endured after being sick, the lonlieness I felt. In some ways after being sick, I no longer was able to "connect" with others, always felt at a distance even with friends, its very much like I am alone with myself. I never was able to understand my feelings after being sick, something changed and I could not figure it out. At times it felt like a tiny piece of me died with that illness. I dont know if anyone else ever feels that way with brain injuries, but I did and still do.