Kay Rowe is getting real with her latest book, Belonging: My Transformation to a Cult-Free Life.
#nonfiction #selfhelp #cults #lonliness #books #promo https://www.amazon.com/Belonging-My-Transformation-Cult-Free-Life/dp/B0C51WZGRV/

Due to a discussion with a friend of mine, I did a little research on increased #lonliness in this increasingly interconnected world. As a Chinese, I try to provide Asian perspectives. I scanned the "Chinese Quora" Zhihu for around 50 popular answers with similar topics and compiled them myself. Here are the results:

Physical Reasons:
1. Lack of touch due to the Internet
2. Lack of exercise due to the Internet
These two generate #depression on a physical basis

#Internet Structure Reasons:
1. Circle of interests formed online is not as interweaved/deep/long-standing as circle of people
2. Comparison with others and striving for the feeling of importance (corny)
3. Mismatch between the promise of "Your sharing will be liked and interacted by many" and the reality of "No one follows/likes you"
4. Seeing the "results" of other people's life achievements but not knowing the "path". Yields sense of nihilism and "being left out"

Canceling the Question Itself:
1. Are people really more lonely?
(See attached pictures.)
2. In previous era lonely/silent people just disappears. With the Internet we begin to get aware of the presence of them.

Metaphysical/Philosophical/Asian Literature Reasons:
1. #EVA (the one Anime that represents the Millennials of Japan) stuff: Identity is formed by getting detached from the nature and the society. The Internet promotes individualism. Yet this is the very source of loneliness and sadness one experience. You can only choose one, being an individual or not feeling the pain by dissolving yourself into the surroundings
2. 物の哀れ, mononoaware, which can be directly translated as "an empathy toward things". Japanese literature often touches such topic: If you feel happiness at a party yes you are happy. But as long as you jumps out of yourself and start to feel "the fact" that you are happy, the happiness starts to go away and you will soon be trapped in some self-inspection. Thanks to the Internet, the primary, "on-site" feelings are not that important. The awareness or to say the reporting of such feelings is, which feeds such 物の哀れ thinking.

Second Thought deep dives on #Lonliness. #Capitalism #MentalHealth

https://youtu.be/BwQCnltp9lo

The Profound Loneliness of Being Collapse Aware

https://medium.com/@CollapseSurvival/the-profound-loneliness-of-being-collapse-aware-28ac7a705b9

Knowing that civilization is going to collapse can be a profoundly lonely experience. Let’s find one other and enjoy the time we have left.

#climatecollapse #foodchaincollapse #lonliness #despair #socialpsychology

Another great video from #SecondThought
#lonliness #capitalism #alienation
https://youtu.be/BwQCnltp9lo

I play around with this yesterday
https://ncase.me/trust/
And the conclusion is basically we are becoming a more insular and untrusting species.
So when I see this today I'm not very surprised
https://www.hhs.gov/surgeongeneral/priorities/connection/index.html
#trust #gametheory #lonliness #society

How to Stop Being #Lonely, According to the #SurgeonGeneral
https://lifehacker.com/how-to-stop-being-lonely-according-to-the-surgeon-gene-1850397013
#lonliness #mentalhealth #wellness

Loneliness isolation and a lack of time spent with peers is quite literally killing teenagers in the US. Parents should be doing everything possible to ensure their teen spend time with their friend IN PERSON. This includes modeling this behavior themselves. Let's make this the summer we all get together again. #teens #lonliness #isolation #COVID19

#Health #Research #Lonliness

Loneliness, or lack of social contact, physically drains people of energy, a new study has found.

In an experiment conducted in a laboratory, as well as during COVID-19 lockdowns, “participants reported higher levels of tiredness after eight hours of social isolation”.

The results suggest that “low energy may be a basic human response to a lack of social contact”.

https://thenewdaily.com.au/life/wellbeing/2023/04/14/loneliness-sucks-energy-study-finds

I don't mind being alone.

I'm afraid of feeling lonely in the midst of so many people.

#Lonliness #LateNightThoughts #SelfReflection

“Time was passing like a hand waving from a train I wanted to be on.
I hope you never have to think about anything as much as I think about you.”
jonathan safran foer #quotes #lonliness #pain #regret #solitude #love

Ever feel alone no matter how many people are around you? I do. #lonliness #alienation #lonely

Hikikomori. Ever heard of it? It's been around for awhile now. Originally in Japan, it seems to be spreading. Basically, it's 'Home Alone' taken to the extreme.
#japan #social #isolation #lonliness #lonely
https://www.zmescience.com/science/hikikomori-loneliness/

RT @articulateheart@twitter.com

I drink this ache slowly
gently easing myself
into what I once called
#lonliness

I thought the bottom
of this bottle of us
held ineffable despair

Instead, tonight
I am sober-hearted

Healing in my own company

Never again willing
to trade my warm love
for less pain

#BraveWrite

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/articulateheart/status/1608663634200391682

This time of year can be tough on people for many reasons. If you are struggling or facing violence please reach out, you don't have to handle it alone.

Below are some numbers for people in Queensland and Australia.

Beyond Blue 1300 22 4636
Lifeline 13 11 14
Emergency Services 000
1800 RESPECT 1800 737 732
Mensline 1300 789 978
QLife 1800 184 527
Suicide Call Back Service 1300 659 467
Acute Care Team 1300 642 255

#MentalHealth #Lonliness #SocialIsolation #Support #Care #DFV

This Hollow Life.

Poem about modern life.

https://rodsherwin-poetry.medium.com/this-hollow-life-5d66febc6d91

#poetry #lonliness #modernlife

hi there!
#lonliness

There's a big difference between being alone and being a loner.
#lonliness
#loner

Quote Calendar Day # 10

"The reigning economic system is a vicious circle of isolation. Its technologies are based on isolation, and they contribute to that same isolation. From automobiles to television, the goods that the spectacular system chooses to produce also serve it as weapons for constantly reinforcing the conditions that engender “lonely crowds."

- Guy Debord (1967)

#Philosophy #SocialIsolation #MentalHealth #Capitalism #24DaysOfQuotes #Lonliness #Economics #Sociology

Can you please do me a favor? I don’t have parents or grandparents anymore so, if you do, can you please reach out to them and spend some time with them? This also goes for any older person you know. I would do anything to have mine here and it pains me to think that yours might be sitting there all alone. #Parent #Grandparent #Love #lonliness #Family