Research: Being true to yourself may protect against the harmful effects of loneliness

http://digest.bps.org.uk/2015/11/being-true-to-yourself-may-protect.html

I found this article and I think it could be useful here
Particularly, this statement:

"First, perhaps highly authentic people don't overanalyse their lonely feelings – they don't see their loneliness as some kind of indictment of their personality, it's just the way things currently are. Second, authentic people are likely less inclined to try to get out of their lonely situation by hanging out with people they don't want to be with, or doing stuff they don't want to do. Yes, this might increase their isolation at first, but it probably helps prevent them from growing more bitter and resorting to counter-productive coping mechanisms like drinking too much. " (or fap)