Search results
- Heavy. Something that is intense, serious, or difficult to deal with. “His heavy loneliness followed him everywhere, even when he was in a room full of people.”
- Evident. Something that’s clear or easy to notice. “She blushed as she entered the classroom alone. Her lack of companionship and loneliness was evident to everyone.”
- Fictitious. Something that doesn’t exist or is false. “Quit this fictitious loner act! You have so many friends and admirers.” “He says he’s lonely, but we think his feelings are rather fictitious.
- Agonizing. Something that causes extreme mental or physical pain. “His agonizing loneliness left him bedridden for weeks. He could feel his isolation deep in his bones.”
- Making Connections Is Key
- How Expressive Writing Battles Loneliness
- Write For Your Health
It’s remarkable that the sense of connection to others that one can feel when writing expressively can occur even when people are not engaged directly. Think of being at a movie or concert and experiencing something dramatic or uplifting. Just knowing that everyone else at the theater is sharing an experience can make you feel connected to them, ev...
Picking up a pen can be a powerful intervention against loneliness. I am a strong believer in writing as a way for people who are feeling lonely and isolated to define, shape, and exchange their personal stories. Expressive writing, especially when shared, helps foster social connections. It can reduce the burden of loneliness among the many groups...
As a poet, I’ve personally experienced the benefits of expressive writing. The skills it sharpens; the experience of sharing ideas, feelings, and perceptions on a page; the sensations of intellectual stimulus and emotional relief — all are life enhancing. I’d like more people to discover that expressive writing can contribute to well-being, just as...
- Jeremy Nobel, MD, MPH
- hhp_info@health.harvard.edu
Run by the Marmalade Trust, the theme this year is acceptance, and their "We get lonely" campaign aims to make loneliness accepted as a natural part of being human. The writer...
Lonely and alone are both adjectives. Alone describes a state of isolation or solitude when one is outside the company of others. Lonely describes a feeling of sadness or abandonment. Loneliness is often, but not always, a result of being alone.
Feb 3, 2022 · The sense of aloneness isn’t a constant—it changes, like daylight. What exactly was aloneness, and was it exclusive to human experience? Was it universal? Were there people who did not feel alone, and was not feeling alone “normal”? These thoughts came to me as I watched a 3-minute video on YouTube.
Aug 16, 2020 · Writing can be a lonely and isolating passion – here are 10 ways to overcome loneliness and isolation as a writer. Writing is a skill that requires creativity and technical know-how. It takes someone with a great deal of experience and exposure to write exceptionally well.
People also ask
What is the difference between alone and alone?
What does it mean if a person is alone?
What is the difference between alone and lonely?
Can writing be a lonely and isolating passion?
What is the difference between alone and isolated?
Can a person be alone without feeling lonely?
Mar 25, 2018 · The vague, open broadness of abstract emotions — love, envy, loneliness — makes them slippery subjects to encapsulate in writing. How can one distil or display, accurately, the complexity of something like love in a single text?