P4 did not entertain the idea of loneliness very much in the past. She interpreted a sensation, which retrospectively characterized as longing for someone and loneliness, as hanger in the past. She overlooked internal experiences that indicate loneliness for many years until she was involved in a car accident. The accident was a catalyst in which she could no longer function as she used to be. When her need for others increased and the others did not meet her need for companionship without judgement, she starts to recognize her experience as loneliness. For P4, loneliness involves a lack of desired companionship and/or intimacy as well as a sense of not being able to live as she wishes to be. Although, she is not able to verbalize the sense
