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Condemned isolation is the experience of feeling completely alone, excluded, and prevented from building connections. It is caused by “relational disconnections, power differentials, gender role socialization, racism, cultural oppression, health disparities, heterosexism, and other social injustice” (Comstock et al., 2008, p. 282). The experience can be societal after feeling like an outsider as a result of being a member of a minority or marginalized population, or it can be social such as being rejected by family because of sexual orientation (Singh & Moss, 2016). This feeling is reinforced through ongoing marginalization and inauthentic, nonmutual relationships and can produce long-term feelings of shame and inferiority.