An article for young and old to consider and everyone to remember a few things -
- A busy person does not have time to be lonely.
- Loneliness is a state of mind that you impose on yourself.
- Being alone is not the same as being lonely.
- A smile, sunny disposition and willingness to engage with others in conversation no matter their or your age goes a long way to creating connection.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.For the first point there are people that keep themselves always busy to avoid dealing with their emotions/thoughts... I have family and friends that experienced trauma and keep themselves in a perpetual state of busyness to avoid dealing with the trauma and emotions tied to it... better to cope through emotions/thoughts head on, rather than get into avoidance coping mechanisms.
demifeministgal
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Oct 9, 2019
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In many cases yes I agree with you. Loneliness IMO is a self inflicted purgatory.
1 is blatantly untrue one of the greatest causes of loneliness is over work so placing duty over care.
2 is nonsense, you can cause yourself to be alone, loneliness is involuntary
3 is true and thank goodness for it. Being alone is often the only relief from having to continually practice tolerance of the intolerable
4 is living a deluded lie and is the very definition of the religious state of mind
LenHazell53
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Oct 9, 2019
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