Loneliness

Loneliness

Loneliness is a complex and usually unpleasant feeling in which a person feels a strong sense of emptiness and solitude. The causes of loneliness are varied, but it can be affected by social, mental, emotional, and spiritual factors. It is a natural phenomenon, since humans are social creatures by nature. Loneliness has also been described as social pain — a psychological mechanism meant to alert an individual of isolation and motivate him/her to seek social connections.

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Famous quotes containing the word loneliness:

    “Man’s loneliness is but his fear of life.”
    —Eugene O’Neill (1888–1953)

    “And I alone of all mankind
    Were left in loneliness behind.”
    —William Barnes (1801–1886)

    “What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?”
    —George Eliot [Mary Ann (or Marian)