Loneliness

Loneliness is calm quiet and empty. It has no age limit. It affects the young and the old.

Like Yin and yang, if the balance is even then it can be good, if the balance is not it can be a struggle or even become destructive.

How do you combat loneliness. There is no right or wrong answer. but I would advise strongly against just pairing with someone just for the company.
Me personally, I’d rather be lonely !!!!!

There are so many different reasons for loneliness.. you could be a shy person or an introvert.
Lost a partner through death or divorce or simply choose to be single.
It may not have occurred to you but there are also people in relationships and marriages that are so lonely. This could be due to no true connection spiritually mentally and or physically in some cases

With New Year fast approaching many of us make New Year resolutions and promises to do things differently.
We can do some thing new, we can change habits, find some new friends, go out dating, zoom dating during lockdown,
it’s all good but don’t set the bar too high, it could lead to failure.

To help combat loneliness You can start by reaching out , start calling people. Self help is the first step!!!! No time to be selfish.

If loneliness courses depression
or I’ll health, reach out!!! it may not be easy but it will be the best thing you can do for your self get help see useful help link below

https://www.countryliving.com/uk/wellbeing/a30526876/loneliness-support/#

Fact!!!!!!!!

Loneliness is a common experience; as many as 80% of those under 18 years of age and 40% of adults over 65 years of age report being lonely at least sometimes [1–3], with levels of loneliness gradually diminishing through the middle adult years, and then increasing in old age (i.e., ≥70 years) [2]. Loneliness is synonymous with perceived social isolation, not with objective social isolation. People can live relatively solitary lives and not feel lonely, and conversely, they can live an ostensibly rich social life and feel lonely nevertheless. Loneliness is defined as a distressing feeling that accompanies the perception that one’s social needs are not being met by the quantity or especially the quality of one’s social relationships [2, 4–6]. Loneliness is typically measured by asking individuals to respond to items such as those on the frequently used UCLA Loneliness Scale [7]: “I feel isolated,” “There are people I can talk to,” and “I feel part of a group of friends.” The result is a continuum of scores that range from highly socially connected to highly lonely.
Each of us is capable of feeling lonely, and loneliness is an equal opportunity tenant for good reason. We have posited that loneliness is the social equivalent of physical pain, hunger, and thirst; the pain of social disconnection and the hunger and thirst for social connection motivate the maintenance and formation of social connections necessary for the survival of our genes [8, 9]. Feelings of loneliness generally succeed in motivating connection or reconnection with others following geographic relocation or bereavement, for instance, thereby diminishing or abolishing feelings of social isolation. For as many as 15–30% of the general population, however, loneliness is a chronic state [10, 11]. Left untended, loneliness has serious consequences for cognition, emotion, behavior, and health. Here, we review physical and mental health consequences of perceived social isolation and then introduce mechanisms for these outcomes in the context of a model that takes into consideration the cognitive, emotional, and behavioral characteristics

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3874845/