Loneliness Support Group

Loneliness is an emotional state in which a person experiences a powerful feeling of emptiness and isolation. Loneliness is more than 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...

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mycroftt 06/26/2013

Someone posted this on a twitter-feed,, it is long and have not read the entire post ,, but what I did read seems very well put and well placed:

http://www.newrepublic.com/article/113176/science-loneliness-how-isolation-can-kill-you#

deleted_user 06/26/2013

This was already on here and refers to an article back from 1959 with many non truths.

deleted_user 06/26/2013

astimegoesby: I am not sure if you actually read the article. It refers to an article from the 1950's as it relates to current work being done in the field of psychology. The information in the article is valid, even if the original theory came from the 50's.

deleted_user 06/26/2013

[I MADE REFERENCE BELOW TO THE SHORT PSYCHOLOGY DSM AND NOT A MAGAZINE. AS MUCH AS WE LOVE PSYCHOLOGY TODAY, IT IS STILL A MAGAZINE AND NOT A DIAGNOSTIC TOOL. I AGREE LONELINESS MAY BE PART OF DEPRESSION, BUT IT'S NOT IN THE SHORT PSYCHIATRY DSM. MY RESPONSE ON THE OTHER POST THAT WAS POSTED BEFORE ABOUT THIS ARTICLE IS BELOW AND ALSO RESPONDS TO THE POSTER AND HIS REMARKS.]

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" The Essay referred to is interesting but very old and back from 1959. They're fun to read and laugh at. The old hairdresser manuals from I believe the 1950s mentions that hairdressers should not dye their own hair as it makes them look less professional to their clients. Again, it's fun to look through those moldy oldies and laugh.

Mental health has come a long way since 1959. PTSD, bipolar, schizophrenia, OCD, agoraphobia, BPD, and even depression are not related to loneliness and you can check on them and other mental health ailments on a list on the site below:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...

The Merriam Webster Dictionary definition of loneliness is below and it doesn't define it as the want of intimacy or getting laid.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dict... "

deleted_user 06/26/2013

So now you agree that depression may play a part in loneliness, but in your original comment you don't agree? I do not believe most of what is on Wikipedia, something like the links between loneliness and other mental illness's would be better researched through medical sources.

mycroftt 06/26/2013

This was referenced to a May 2013 New Republic article that does an analysis of the Fromm's essay on lowliness and its manifestation,, and how conditions that are ever present relate,, that is my take on it,

deleted_user 06/27/2013

Tweety: I didn't say that. I see where people with Depression sometimes may have loneliness. I don't see it as part of the description for depression.

deleted_user 06/27/2013

Tweety: Maybe you want to address it up the top with one of the experts if you want a professional answer.

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