an estrangement from oneself and from others, a
feeling of alienation, even in the midst of others
(J. de
Jong-Gierveld and J. Raadschelders)
an 'inner worm' that gnaws at the heart
(D. Perlman
and L. A. Peplau)
an incredible intensity and pain that obliterates the memory of
past relationships and spills over into the future
(S.
Gordon)
a barrier that prevents one from uniting with the inner
self
(C. Rogers)
an unpleasant, painful, anxious yearning for another
person
(J. J. Ponzetti)
separation distress without an object
(R.
Weiss)
the absence of an adequate positive relationship to persons,
places or things
(Brage and Meredith)
defined as an enduring condition of emotional distress that
arises when a person feels estranged from, misunderstood or rejected by
others and/or lacks appropriate social partners for desired activities,
particularly activities that provide a sense of social integration and
opportunities for emotional intimacy
(K. Rook)
the affect that is activated when there is an uncontrollable
discrepancy between desired and actual levels of intimacy and social
interaction, with the desired levels higher than the actual
(P.
Suedfeld)
a feeling that no one wants you and frustrating because you don't
know why.
(Vicki)
wanting a friend without even knowing what a friend is.
(Andrew)
Being
in a place or situation and yet being totally detached from it. And
there is this huge yawning space inside you crying out to you.
(Jasmine)
loneliness
is like a waka/boat that longs for the ocean, ... and yet is too
afraid, reluctant, ashamed, anxious perhaps to venture out.
(Ngati)
Being
with him, but being alone.....
(anonymous)
Loneliness
is an existential void that is god - shaped - with - a - human - face -
and - touch
(Claude L)
Loneliness
is the ultimate form of poverty
(Hans
Koresh)
Loneliness can be a feeling of of
shame for not being a good enough person to be something other than
lonely, and being too ashamed to be capable of ending the feeling of
loneliness.
(Daniel Gillard)
Quietness so overwhelming that you’ll do anything
to end the silence, or to at least pretend it doesn’t exist. Anything
to surround yourself, to comfort yourself, to be included in something
or to feel unity with someone.
The yearning to be loved. Protected. Held. Soothed
to sleep. The cutting absence of comfort.
(Heather)
Loneliness is knowing where you are physically, but
emotionally, you feel very far away.
(SL)
To
crave someone so intensely, and to desperately re-experience the love,
companionship and compassion you once felt.
(Kelly)
Loneliness
is a living death
(William)
loneliness
is a sharp and cold claw that squeezes your heart with amazing strength;
and when it's shattered into pieces, and every single part of your body
weights like tons of lead, people see in you nothing but a sleepy face,
not caring on going deeper into your state... they don't even want to
know you're feeling like in hell...
(Peter)
Loneliness is the understanding of your true
potential and living it while you alone can appreciate it. It is the
longing for a connection deep beyond the surface while knowing the
rarity of such a commodity. It is moving about in the hollow of society
unable to superficially connect knowing such a sacrifice for
companionship is the ultimate forfeiture of life.
(Isha)
A longing for all of life to be in harmony with its
higher self.
(Joy)
Loneliness is kind of like war. You must get used
to the constant fear, the constant pain, and never knowing which friend
will be in your life from one minute to the next.
Oh, wait, you can't get used to that...
(Dave)
Loneliness is
when one door has closed, but the "other one" has yet to open
(Tim Ash)
well Loneliness is something that can occur at any time of our lives
regardless how many people are around you as a child as a young person
middle age or old age. The feeling of being not taken in by your
comunity misunderstood or taken advantage of, the fact is we mostly
lonely most of our lives, but we pack our self with activities from
morning to night, so a lot of people avoid ever feeling that sorry place
or they make them self very important but then we risk to be lonely at
the top. I think loneliness reminds us of the mystery of life we come
here alone and we leave here alone. We don't know why, we are uncertain
of that feeling is it a good feeling of inner peace or is it that
feeling of not mattering ? In this materialistic society its easy to
feel sad if that loneliness makes its self known . But think how many
people feel this way every day so maybe we are not alone in feeling
lonely. As long as it does not consume all of ones life its a short time
in your life, Monks try to make there minds quiet. Is a quiet mind
lonely ? So those are my thoughts on loneliness
(Viola
Kullock)
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