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Loneliness: how do we cope with it?

MeaningfulSilence November 25th, 2019

Hello everyone!

I am here to talk with you about something we all may have experienced: Loneliness.

How do we cope with it? How can we approach it? Let's see it together and feel free to share your story and your vision about it.

The sense of loneliness scares us. The age in which we live, moreover, automatically associates solitude with isolation: being alone has become synonymous with defeat and depression. Often even psychology treats loneliness as a problem, yet we are all perfectly aware that love, children, work, certainties, the things we possess are not stable, everything is in flux. Here then you end up experiencing the events always with a background fear.

But being alone does not mean that we miss something, on the contrary it means being complete. About what? Of the fullness that is in us, which, if perceived, will give us a state of calm and tranquility that makes us live well. But this well-being is not achieved through solitude understood as "being alone with one's own thoughts", rather it is precisely their excessive presence that prevents us from reaching that contemplative state that our brain needs.

How to overcome loneliness? By accepting it

To accept means to stop fighting against the sensations you feel

It is necessary to observe, wait and, above all, be present. We are often too little present to the emotions and that is why everything becomes difficult. Instead we need to be present in the sense of solitude when it arrives, in melancholy when it appears. Why? To turn our gaze on the inside, without thinking or judging it.

enlightenedHow much impacting is the sense of loneliness in your life?

enlightened As we approach the holidays, what are you considering that could help you cope with the loneliness?

enlightened What has been your approach to loneliness till now and are you considering to change or improve your way to cope with it?

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youngelisabeth February 16th, 2020

@BeyondTheInvisible I reckon when we feel lonely, we just have to get out there with people who correspond to us. Apart from mobility problems, there are really hundreds of places we can go. They may not all suit our personality, but we can still try.

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MeaningfulSilence OP February 16th, 2020

@youngelisabeth

That's a very nice and positive vision, thanks a lot for sharing!

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youngelisabeth February 16th, 2020

@BeyondTheInvisible Well yesterday, I was with some seniors. I'm 66 and one of the youngest. I had a good time but it's true that these people (apart from one or two) did not correspond at all to my personality which is far younger. But you know, if you don't go, you won't find out!!!!!

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