Loneliness Is Not Weakness



• Loneliness affects 19 to 43 per cent of adults who are now past 60 years of age.

• Just as physical pain is a warning from the body telling us to take appropriate ac...

• Loneliness affects 19 to 43 per cent of adults who are now past 60 years of age.
• Just as physical pain is a warning from the body telling us to take appropriate action, our feeling of being lonely and disconnected is a social pain, a signal that we need to take car...

We use the two terms interchangeably because we’ve been conditioned to think of them as the same state.

Loneliness is being alone — and not liking it. It’s a feeling. Solitude is being alone — and content. It’s a choice. If you can mast...