Even though loneliness affects so many of us, it has gotten scant research attention compared to related conditions like depression or anxiety.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
In the past I have never thought about loneliness when working, and I don't think about it now. Yet there must be a reason for the fact that so many people talk about it.
Loneliness is, I think, people's biggest fear, whether they are conscious of it or not.
Loneliness is proof that your innate search for connection is intact.
Loneliness is my least favorite thing about life. The thing that I'm most worried about is just being alone without anybody to care for or someone who will care for me.
What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?
I would have to say loneliness is next to uncleanliness.
Loneliness is never more cruel than when it is felt in close propinquity with someone who has ceased to communicate.
Who knows what true loneliness is - not the conventional word but the naked terror? To the lonely themselves it wears a mask. The most miserable outcast hugs some memory or some illusion.
No one really wants to admit they are lonely, and it is never really addressed very much between friends and family. But I have felt lonely many times in my life.
Many of my characters struggle with loneliness, that is fair to say.
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