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Loneliness is an unpleasant emotional response to perceived isolation. Loneliness is also described as social pain – a psychological mechanism that motivates individuals to seek social connections. It is often associated with a perceived lack of connection and intimacy. Loneliness overlaps and yet is distinct from solitude. Solitude is simply ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... That is the place of 'reproach,' of loneliness, and of testing." ... Pink governed his time in study and writing with ...
Loneliness is a complex and usually unpleasant emotional response to isolation or lack of companionship. Loneliness may also refer to: "Loneliness" (short story), a short-story by Charles Bukowski; Loneliness (album), a 2009 album by Evan Yo; Loneliness, a 1988 album by Sanchez "Loneliness" (song), a song by the German DJ Tomcraft
Photo: Agata Dyka (N.Y. 2007) Janusz Leon Wiśniewski (born 18 August 1954 in Toruń) is a Polish scientist and writer mostly known for his novel S@motność w Sieci translated into English as Loneliness on the Net.
Instead of writing that someone took the plunge, state their action matter-of-factly. In general, if a literal reading of a phrase makes no sense given the context, the sentence needs rewording. Some idioms are common only in certain parts of the world, and many readers are not native speakers of English; articles should not presume familiarity ...
Ms Daniel acknowledged that "loneliness is a growing issue" and said the charity hoped letter writing would help those who may be anxious to meet new people face-to-face.
When the antiphrasal use is very common, the word can become an auto-antonym, [3] having opposite meanings depending on context. For example, Spanish dichoso [ 4 ] originally meant "fortunate, blissful" as in tierra dichosa , "fortunate land", but it acquired the ironic and colloquial meaning of "infortunate, bothersome" as in ¡Dichosas moscas ...
D. W. Winnicott in his article of that name (1958/64) highlighted the importance of the capacity to be alone, distinguishing it from both withdrawal and loneliness, and seeing it as derived from an internalisation of the non-intrusive background presence of a mothering figure. [2]