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Originally Posted by Pygmalion
I'm comparing them because I can't see the difference either in myself or in how most people describe the feelings.
For example, I get bored a lot. It makes me sad and irritated. I want to talk with nice people about interesting things, share jokes and compliments, play games. I find engaging with people like that for a bit fun. Many would tell me wanting to be with people socially like that is loneliness, but if so it seems that loneliness is just another word for 'boredom that can be alleviated with people', and nothing more.
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I don’t see how these two things are related.
I am almost never bored but if I am, it’s irritating but in no way sad. Being bored for me is having nothing interesting and productive at the moment and not being able to fix it such as sitting in a staff meeting and not able to leave. Boredom is easy to fix as soon as you are free to do so.
Loneliness isn’t as easy to fix. Loneliness is missing people, particular people or in general longing for people and it could be sad.
My mother passed away in February. My dad is very lonely as they’ve been married 54 years. Nothing elevates his loneliness at the moment and it’s nothing to do with isolation as he isn’t isolated plus he certainly isn’t bored.
On the other note if you are longing for peoples company why don’t you have friends or seek peoples company? At some point you even mentioned not liking people? Someone who craves company surely would enjoy other people?