Abstract
Loneliness is usually defined as a feeling of lacking expected social relationships, being abandoned or being rejected by others. However, there is also the loneliness of self-rejection. There can be no deeper form of loneliness than being abandoned by one’s own self. In this article, I analyse what self-rejection is, how it is demonstrated and what forms it can take. I illustrate the ethical aspect of the phenomenon and propose the direction of possible intervention.