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As humans, I think most of us know a thing or two about loneliness. I, especially, can relate, having spent my early 20s moving around. (After thinking about it, I moved once a year for five years ...
Six Lectures About Loneliness is a 2009 non-fiction book by Chian Hsun, a professor at the Chinese Culture University. The book discusses the concept of loneliness and how it affects different aspects of humanity.
Loneliness is an unpleasant emotional response to perceived isolation. Loneliness is also described as social pain – a psychological mechanism that motivates individuals to seek social connections. It is often associated with a perceived lack of connection and intimacy. Loneliness overlaps and yet is distinct from solitude. Solitude is simply ...
The first type includes individuals that are forced into isolation because they are, or feel as though they are, rejected by society, and may experience loneliness. A second type of individuals described as loners includes those who regularly practice social interaction, while also spending extended periods of time in solitude, without ...
For many facing loss, family tensions and stress, the holidays aren’t the happiest time of the year. Here’s what to do if you’re faced with expectations to be jolly.
Social isolation and loneliness in older adults is associated with an increased risk for poor mental and physical health and increased mortality. [ 66 ] [ 67 ] There is an increased risk for early mortality in individuals experiencing social isolation compared to those who are not socially isolated. [ 68 ]
The post WHO declares loneliness a ‘pressing health threat.’ Two Black women have been enlisted to help appeared first on TheGrio. Ahead of another holiday season, the World Health ...
D. W. Winnicott in his article of that name (1958/64) highlighted the importance of the capacity to be alone, distinguishing it from both withdrawal and loneliness, and seeing it as derived from an internalisation of the non-intrusive background presence of a mothering figure. [2]