You might even be saying the same thing and not realize it.
They don't say people feel more lonely "when around people who they like and who like them".
They say LONELY people feel more lonely "when around people", that is, when they are around people who don't care for them.
Like a lonely person at a club full of people where everybody else seems to have friends or a partner.
That's what they say, which is absolutely common sense.
Not that people feel lonelier when with their friends - as you might have understood it.
You might even be saying the same thing and not realize it.
They don't say people feel more lonely "when around people who they like and who like them".
They say LONELY people feel more lonely "when around people", that is, when they are around people who don't care for them.
Like a lonely person at a club full of people where everybody else seems to have friends or a partner.
That's what they say, which is absolutely common sense.
Not that people feel lonelier when with their friends - as you might have understood it.