Loneliness
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- | {{Template}}'''Loneliness''' is an [[emotion]]al state in which a [[person]] experiences a powerful feeling of [[emptiness]] and [[Solitude|isolation]]. | + | [[Image:Wanderer.jpg|thumb|200px|''[[Wanderer above the Sea of Fog]]'' ([[1818]]) by [[Caspar David Friedrich]]]] |
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+ | '''Loneliness''' is an [[emotion]]al state in which a [[person]] experiences a powerful feeling of [[emptiness]] and [[Solitude|isolation]]. | ||
Loneliness is more than just the feeling of wanting [[Interpersonal relationship|company]] or wanting to do something with another person. Loneliness is a feeling of being cut off, disconnected and alienated from other people. The lonely person may find it difficult or even impossible to have any form of meaningful human contact. Lonely people often experience a subjective sense of inner emptiness or hollowness, with feelings of separation or isolation from the world. | Loneliness is more than just the feeling of wanting [[Interpersonal relationship|company]] or wanting to do something with another person. Loneliness is a feeling of being cut off, disconnected and alienated from other people. The lonely person may find it difficult or even impossible to have any form of meaningful human contact. Lonely people often experience a subjective sense of inner emptiness or hollowness, with feelings of separation or isolation from the world. | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
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== Namesakes in art and fiction == | == Namesakes in art and fiction == | ||
*''[[The Well of Loneliness]]'' | *''[[The Well of Loneliness]]'' | ||
- | *''[[The Lonely Crowd]]'' | + | *''[[The Lonely Crowd]]'' (1950) by David Riesman et al |
*''[[Lonely Voice]]'' | *''[[Lonely Voice]]'' | ||
*''[[The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter]]'' | *''[[The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter]]'' | ||
+ | *''[[Heartbreak Hotel]]'' | ||
+ | ==See also== | ||
+ | *[[Solitude (Jean-Jacques Henner)]] | ||
+ | *[[Autophobia]] | ||
+ | *[[Individualism]] | ||
+ | *[[Interpersonal relationship]] | ||
+ | *[[Loner]] | ||
+ | *[[Pit of despair]] (animal experiments on isolation) | ||
+ | *[[Solitude]] | ||
+ | *[[Total Perspective Vortex]] (literary device) | ||
+ | *[[Shyness]] | ||
+ | *[[Social anxiety]] | ||
+ | *[[Social anxiety disorder]] | ||
+ | *[[Schizoid personality disorder]] | ||
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Loneliness is an emotional state in which a person experiences a powerful feeling of emptiness and isolation. Loneliness is more than just the feeling of wanting company or wanting to do something with another person. Loneliness is a feeling of being cut off, disconnected and alienated from other people. The lonely person may find it difficult or even impossible to have any form of meaningful human contact. Lonely people often experience a subjective sense of inner emptiness or hollowness, with feelings of separation or isolation from the world.
See also
- Nighthawks, Hopper's visual exploration of loneliness.
Namesakes in art and fiction
- The Well of Loneliness
- The Lonely Crowd (1950) by David Riesman et al
- Lonely Voice
- The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
- Heartbreak Hotel
See also
- Solitude (Jean-Jacques Henner)
- Autophobia
- Individualism
- Interpersonal relationship
- Loner
- Pit of despair (animal experiments on isolation)
- Solitude
- Total Perspective Vortex (literary device)
- Shyness
- Social anxiety
- Social anxiety disorder
- Schizoid personality disorder
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