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Older And Lonelier
We often tend to look at the amount of time spent with others as a marker of social well-being, but the quality of time we spend with others matters even more for our feelings of connection and loneliness
Data shows that as we become older we tend to spend more and more time alone.
However, loneliness is not the same as feeling lonely.
Surveys that ask people about living arrangements, time use, and feelings of loneliness find that solitude alone is not a good predictor of loneliness.
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Taking Stock Of Life
Older people spend a large amount of time alone and it is understandable why – time spent alone increases with age because this is when health typically deteriorates and people lose relatives and friends.
We often tend to look at the amount of time spent with others as a marker of social we...
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Who We Spend Time with Evolves Across Our Lifetimes
In adolescence we spend the most time with our parents, siblings, and friends; as we enter adulthood we spend more time with co-workers, partners, and children; and in our later years, we spend an increasing amount of time alone.
To understand how social connections evolve throughout our li...
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Difference between solitude and loneliness
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...
Definiton of loneliness
While common definitions of loneliness describe it as a state of solitude or being alone, loneliness is actually a state of mind.
Loneliness causes people to feel empty, alone, and unwanted. People who are lonely often crave human contact, but their state of mind ...
Solitude, Loneliness And Isolation
Positive solitude is a state of being alone without being lonely, in a contented manner.
Loneliness, on the other hand, is isolation with a hunger for social contact, something that distorts one’s perceptions, damaging the ability to inter...
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