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Originally Posted by unaluna
I would say isolated refers to the fact of being separated from others, and doesnt really progress to how one may feel about it, good or bad.
Pygmalion, you just kinda assumed that no one ever really connects with anyone else - i think thats a flaw in your reasoning here. And ending your argument with "doesnt that make sense?" - this isnt a math proof. I cant tell you how many times ive used that line with my therapists ("doesnt that make sense?") only to be shot down.
Get out there and connect!!!  "use it before you lose it" is a real thing. |
I did say, 'fully connect' not just connect. I mean, I'm connecting with you right now - but this is not 'full' connection, which would require something like total knowledge and acceptance of another being - which cannot have. I think that's why everyone feels, to at least some degree, alone and isolated - because we literally are all trapped inside our skulls. We do not really know each other in the full sense.
As for using and losing, well that's true - I haven't friends for a couple of decades - but I don't really miss anything except the boredom element.
I'm still quite confused as to what loneliness is.
If I am physically/vocally separate from others I am isolated - but this needn't be a negative experience and isn't the same as loneliness.
If I am bored and want company for fun and enjoyable socialising, then this is a negative experience but not loneliness, and could, theoretically, be solved by activities not involving others.
If I am lonely, then I supposedly feel something negative, but this is not because I want to do something with other people nor because I am isolated from others - it is something to do with missing 'connection'.
But what is this 'connection'? That they know you or about you - then that is just knowledge. That they like you? Is that what loneliness is - not being socially active with people who know you and like you?