What is the difference between isolation and loneliness?
Anonymous
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Sep 1, 2017
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Isolation is when you are completely cut off from other people, no interactions, not even seeing other people. Like in a hospital ward, patiens can get isolated by being locked up alone in a room with no contact with others. Loneliness is when you are, for example, surrounded by people, your friends but you still feel lonely, like being invisble or feeling misunderstood.
Anonymous
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Sep 3, 2017
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Feeling lonely - when you're feeling like you don't have anyone - Isolation is something you usually do to yourself to be alone.
empathicKoala23
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Nov 10, 2017
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Isolation is a physical experience of being alone for example being housebound and unable to go out and interact with people. Whereas loneliness is an emotion, you can be lonely even when in a room full of people it is more about having an emotional and meaningful connection with people.
Anonymous
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Nov 11, 2017
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Isolation is being voided of people entirely. Lonliness doesn't mean you are isolated in general, it just means you feel lonely. You can be with 100 people in the room while being in a corner experiencing loneliness, but isolation is either putting yourself, or being put directly away from people in general.
TogetherForeverAlways
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Nov 16, 2017
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I look at the difference like this: when you are isolated you just take time for yourself and do not connect with others on purpose, so you probably don't feel too bad about it. But if you're lonely than you are not like that on purpose and it will hurt,
naycopax
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Nov 17, 2017
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isolation is choosing to be alone from people and loneliness is when it happens to you unexpectedly
aestheticbeebo
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Nov 18, 2017
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Isolation is when you prefer to be lonely and lonely is when you're alone not by your choice but because of the people around you.
Anonymous
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Nov 19, 2017
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Loneliness is the feeling of social isolation - and it can take place in the middle of a crowd. Isolation is the process of fact of isolating or being isolated. Feeling separated, apart from everything else.
Anonymous
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Nov 21, 2017
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i feel like loneliness and isolation can be inter linked. for example some people are put into extreme isolation and often experience loneliness from it and often feel or don't have a way out of it. simple loneliness is a feel a while isolation is a reality
soundofrebel
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Nov 29, 2017
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According to a friend, isolation is when you choose to be alone, while loneliness is when you are not okay with being alone.
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