What is the difference between isolation and loneliness?

Isolation is the act of being alone. Loneliness is the feeling you have when you either become isolated or in a state of mind feel that way.

Isolating yourself is seperating yourself from people. Loneliness is feeling sad and distressed about being by yourself and not being able to connect with others. So one is physical and the other is emotional. You can be isolated and not feel lonely, for example if you’re working on a project and you need to be alone in order to focus, you will be engaged in the project. You can be around people and still feel lonely. This can be for many reasons. Maybe you have a hard time connecting with others, like you don’t belong anywhere or don’t fit in, or you just feel misunderstood.

Isolation is self decided. Loneliness is a state of being. It is mental rather than physical. Isolation and loneliness create different feelings in a person.

I think one way to distinguish the difference between the two is that isolation is situational. You chose to be alone, or you were put in isolation. Loneliness is a feeling. You feel alone.

Isolation is the willingness to be separated from society and your peers. Loneliness is the feeling that something is absent and you are actively missing it.

You can be isolated and not feel lonely. You can be surrounded by people and feel lonely. Isolation is something you do, loneliness is something you feel.

A lot of times people think that isolation and loneliness are the same but in reality, they aren't the same but yes they do relate. While isolation could be a physical state caused because of lack of social connections or the person limiting their contacts, loneliness could be called a emotional state due to feeling empty or "different" from others. A person can choose to be alone or isolate themselves and not feeling lonely or they can be surrounded by a lot of people and still feel lonely. Also, in some cases, isolation can also lead to loneliness!

Isolation is when you choose to not be around others while loneliness is related to the lack of company

Isolation is when you are excluded and isolated from the world and not always by choice. Loneliness, is a feeling that is overwhelming where you feel empty and have no-body around.

Isolation refers to withdrawal from people but you can suffer from loneliness even when you are physically around people.

You can be lonely and surrounded by people. When you’re isolated, however, you haven’t got anyone to turn to.

Isolation is a choice we make and loneliness is also a choice by us or by others. I will give an example how I relate this to my life. I don't like parties especially drinks party so I isolate myself from my friends whenever my friends invite me with them. This is by choice. Sometimes when I'm sad I don't have anyone to share how I feel? and then I feel lonely. If none of my friends listen to me when I have some thing to say they make me feel lonely. That's it

Isolation is being cut off from anyone physically. Loneliness is being cut off from people while still living amongst them or the feeling that you are cut off from other people.

Isolation is for a period of time. Meaning you isolate yourself in order to grief or whatever may be the reason and then you search back for people etc. Loneliness is more a status that you start being confortable in it. Meaning you don't want to frecuent with people anymore, you lose the taste of being surrounded with them etc.

As far as my opinion, Isolation is physical. Loneliness is a state of mind/distress. For example, a person can feel loneliness is a crowded room.

isolation is removing yourself away from people, because you want it that way. Loneliness is not wanting to be away from people but these people probably have no one around to have human interaction and so they feel alone.

Isolation is when people ignore you and their actions make it impossible for you to be more involved in something. Loneliness is the feeling of not having anyone around. This could be that you actually don't have anyone around but in some cases you may have people around you but still feel alone. This could be as they don't know your struggles or what you are going through.

Isolation is putting yourself in a spot where you are alone. Loneliness is being alone, and a place where no one can help you.

isolation is a situation when you deliberately cut off from a group or a society, and loneliness a situation when you don't have any close one

Isolation is where you purposefully put yourself in a situation where you aren't around people and can't have contact with them. For me, this involves going to my room or taking a shower, and knowing that I don't feel well to begin with. By isolating myself I increase my sadness and feel even more lonely, but it's something that I can control. I can walk out of that room and go talk to my mom, but I decide against it. Loneliness is a bit different for me. Sometimes I can be in the middle of a large group at school and feel incredibly alone. It's like I'm invisible and the world is pushing along outside of my body. Loneliness isn't always something I can control. I can put myself around people and talk to them and still feel insecure and alone. This is just my take on the difference between the two. I hope it helps!

Isolation is to cut off from the outer world. Loneliness is feeling isolated even when being in the outer world

Isolation can have both positive and negative connotations. We might isolate for good reasons like when we are sick. Loneliness does not mean you are isolated. You can be connected and lonely. Loneliness is more about not have quality connections to people.

Some people prefer to isolate them selves for different reasons, loneliness is a state of mind where you feel the need to be near someone

Isolation is pushing yourself away from others and choosing to be alone rather than being with others, loneliness is being by yourself maybe feeling lonely when others are around, but being lonely or feeling alone isn't exactly isolation because in isolation you usually choose to put yourself there or you are forced there.

Well sometimes people can feel lonely in a group of people. You don't have to be alone to feel lonely. That's where isolation comes. If you feel isolated it may be because of the people but it could be a choice thing etc.

Isolation is comunly sef indulced, is the act of not interacting with another person, at all, during a certain period of time. While loneliness is more like a feeling, you could be surrounded by people but still feel like you are lonly at the end, even if you have friends you talk to everyday or people you often see. Hope that made sense, have a good day!

Isolation is being or choosing to be cut off from others. Loneliness can happen with or without people around. The feeling of not being understood or noticed - feeling invisible.

Isolation is when you choose to be alone. This means you just need time to work on yourself and be away from people. While loneliness is being amongst many persons but is unable to connect to any.

Isolation is when you isolate yourself from other people and do not interact with others. Loneliness is when you would like to be around others but can not usually due to social interaction issues.

Loneliness is a feeling of sadness or distress, it's like you are disconnected from the people around you while Isolation is being separated from other people and your environment.