Loneliness, its such a big deal it sprouted tons of humorous dating sites and awkward commercials of said sites. Let's start with what being alone means, to lack a person's companionship, isolation, social isolation, mental loneliness. The first one is more common, but the other ones can be explained a lot quicker.
Isolation, its common to want to be alone have that "me" time, but some people just isolate themselves because they fear that connection.
Social Isolation, is when someone completely isolates themselves from people, not friends, a lonely life. this can be mistaken for Social awkwardness.
Mental loneliness, this is mostly common to teenagers, the thought and belief everyone is against them. Teenagers along with pregnant women, and the elderly suffer a lot from depression which can cause the thought of being alone, giving them depressed thoughts isolating them.
This is the most common form of loneliness, the lack of a companion, this is what most of america, ranging from teenagers to even adults. From my experience as a high school student I've noticed how different students act when their in a relationship and out, along with wanting to be in one. "To lead you to an overwhelming question" Why do we want that connection? its common instinct to want the feeling of love."To wonder, “Do I dare?” and, “Do I dare?”" do we dare stray from the rest or par take in the actions of the crowd to think it's wrong to be alone, that its unacceptable? "So how should I presume?" How should i go more in depth with the explanation of the exploitation caused by our influences. I believe its good that we're influenced, its a sad and lonely life without someone to grow old with.
Quotes are from http://poetry.rapgenius.com/Ts-eliot-the-love-song-of-j-alfred-prufrock-lyrics