Guest guest Posted February 10, 2011 Report Share Posted February 10, 2011 Yes, thought is involved with loneliness. Isn't thought involved with everything we feel? Unless you're in a coma, perhaps. If your main point is that aloneness and loneliness are not the same thing and that some people think they are, I agree. Helena Re: loneliness I wouldn't say "any", but I agree that for the most part it would be pretty devastating to the average person....most aren't mentally equipped to deal with extreme solitude I can only tell you from my own personal experience, that the feeling described as loneliness isn't there unless thought is involved in some manner...and I am alone a lot... > > > > > Finding friends and a partner and then being with them I don't > > > think will generally solve the loneliness problem. > > > > You may feel I over-generalized in my prior post, but I'd say > > you're over-generalizing wildly in the opposite direction. Human > > are social beings. Many shy persons do in fact want companionship. > > Will it keep them from feeling lonely in all circumstances? No. Are > > you going to tell someone who says they're lonely not to seek > > friends or other society if they wish to? Somehow I can't see > > you doing that. > > > > Not trying to argue - just pointing out it's OK to be human. > > > > -R. > >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 10, 2011 Report Share Posted February 10, 2011 Forgot to say this about the sentence below: I think it could be either or both! Both probably require the same sort of ACT action to get out of the funk if social connection is something one values--and who doesn't, to one degree or another? Now whether these thoughts thoughts come from a state of disconnection, or thoughts create the state of disconnection...i couldn't say Re: loneliness I wouldn't say "any", but I agree that for the most part it would be pretty devastating to the average person....most aren't mentally equipped to deal with extreme solitude I can only tell you from my own personal experience, that the feeling described as loneliness isn't there unless thought is involved in some manner...and I am alone a lot... > > > > > Finding friends and a partner and then being with them I don't > > > think will generally solve the loneliness problem. > > > > You may feel I over-generalized in my prior post, but I'd say > > you're over-generalizing wildly in the opposite direction. Human > > are social beings. Many shy persons do in fact want companionship. > > Will it keep them from feeling lonely in all circumstances? No. Are > > you going to tell someone who says they're lonely not to seek > > friends or other society if they wish to? Somehow I can't see > > you doing that. > > > > Not trying to argue - just pointing out it's OK to be human. > > > > -R. > >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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