What Is Loneliness
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What Is Loneliness
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Author : Rebecca Eisenberg
language : en
Publisher: Independently Published
Release Date : 2024-05-04
What Is Loneliness written by Rebecca Eisenberg and has been published by Independently Published this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-05-04 with Education categories.
"What is Loneliness?" is a poignant and beautifully illustrated children's picture book that explores the complex emotion of loneliness in a way that is relatable and reassuring for young readers. Through thoughtful storytelling and captivating visuals, this book takes children on a journey to understand, embrace, and find ways to alleviate loneliness. "What is Loneliness?" is not just a story; it's a valuable tool for parents, caregivers, and educators to initiate conversations about emotions and mental well-being. The book provides a comforting and empowering message, assuring young readers that it's okay to feel lonely at times and that there are ways to navigate and overcome those feelings. This picture book is an essential addition to every child's library, offering a reassuring and uplifting exploration of a universal emotion and the profound connections that can arise from understanding it.
Social Isolation And Loneliness In Older Adults
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Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
language : en
Publisher: National Academies Press
Release Date : 2020-05-14
Social Isolation And Loneliness In Older Adults written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and has been published by National Academies Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-05-14 with Social Science categories.
Social isolation and loneliness are serious yet underappreciated public health risks that affect a significant portion of the older adult population. Approximately one-quarter of community-dwelling Americans aged 65 and older are considered to be socially isolated, and a significant proportion of adults in the United States report feeling lonely. People who are 50 years of age or older are more likely to experience many of the risk factors that can cause or exacerbate social isolation or loneliness, such as living alone, the loss of family or friends, chronic illness, and sensory impairments. Over a life course, social isolation and loneliness may be episodic or chronic, depending upon an individual's circumstances and perceptions. A substantial body of evidence demonstrates that social isolation presents a major risk for premature mortality, comparable to other risk factors such as high blood pressure, smoking, or obesity. As older adults are particularly high-volume and high-frequency users of the health care system, there is an opportunity for health care professionals to identify, prevent, and mitigate the adverse health impacts of social isolation and loneliness in older adults. Social Isolation and Loneliness in Older Adults summarizes the evidence base and explores how social isolation and loneliness affect health and quality of life in adults aged 50 and older, particularly among low income, underserved, and vulnerable populations. This report makes recommendations specifically for clinical settings of health care to identify those who suffer the resultant negative health impacts of social isolation and loneliness and target interventions to improve their social conditions. Social Isolation and Loneliness in Older Adults considers clinical tools and methodologies, better education and training for the health care workforce, and dissemination and implementation that will be important for translating research into practice, especially as the evidence base for effective interventions continues to flourish.
Loneliness Human Nature And The Need For Social Connection
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Author : John T. Cacioppo
language : en
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Release Date : 2008-08-17
Loneliness Human Nature And The Need For Social Connection written by John T. Cacioppo and has been published by W. W. Norton & Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-08-17 with Science categories.
Based on groundbreaking research showing that prolonged loneliness can be as harmful to your health as smoking, Loneliness is “one of the most important books about the human condition to appear in a decade” (Daniel Gilbert, author of Stumbling on Happiness). University of Chicago social neuroscientist John T. Cacioppo pioneered research on the startling effects of loneliness: a sense of isolation or social rejection disrupts not only our ability to think and will power but also our immune systems, and can be as damaging as obesity or smoking. On the flip side, social connection can be a powerful therapy. Cacioppo’s sophisticated studies relying on brain imaging, analysis of blood pressure, immune response, stress hormones, behavior, and even gene expression show that human beings are simply far more intertwined and interdependent—physiologically as well as psychologically—than our cultural assumptions have ever allowed us to acknowledge. Loneliness traces the evolution of these tandem forces, showing how, for our primitive ancestors, survival depended not on greater brawn but on greater commitments to each other. Serving as a prompt to repair frayed social bonds, the pain of loneliness engendered a fear response so powerfully disruptive that even now, millions of years later, a persistent sense of rejection or isolation can impair DNA transcription in our immune cells. This disruption also impairs our ability to read social signals and exercise social skills, as well as limits our ability to internally regulate our emotions—all of which can combine to trap us in self-defeating behaviors that reinforce the very isolation and rejection that we dread. Loneliness shows us how to overcome this feedback loop to achieve better health and greater happiness. As individuals and as a society, we have everything to gain, and everything to lose, in how well or how poorly we manage our need for social bonds.
The Psychological Journey To And From Loneliness
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Author : Ami Rokach
language : en
Publisher: Academic Press
Release Date : 2019-04-06
The Psychological Journey To And From Loneliness written by Ami Rokach and has been published by Academic Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-04-06 with Psychology categories.
There are three universal experiences that we cannot escape: loneliness, illness, and death. The Psychological Journey To and From Loneliness addresses what was termed the plague of the 21st century--loneliness. Loneliness is stigmatized in our society, so untold number of people walk around lonely, unable to do what is so naturally called for--make their suffering known, and approach others for company and support. Thankfully, loneliness is slowly, but steadily, coming out of the "closet." This book will highlight not only the experience and what can be done about it, but also the experiences that influence it (i.e., our childhood, cultural and religious influences, and our way of life) as well as the effects that loneliness has on various population groups and how it is experienced at different times in our lives. This volume reviews theoretical approaches to the study of loneliness: the (positive) functions that loneliness may serve in our lives; the stages in life when loneliness is quite "visible" and its effects on us; the life experiences that may strengthen the feeling that one is all alone and forgotten; life experiences that we do not commonly connect to loneliness but it is clearly present in them (e.g., pregnancy and childbirth); and the approaches that are available to copy with its pain and limit its negative effects on us. The book closes with a review of how psychotherapy can assist those who need encouragement and support in their struggle with loneliness. The book is particularly suitable for academics, researchers, and clinicians who aim to help clients identify, address, and cope with loneliness. Presents the latest research on the development, causes and effects of loneliness Studies loneliness in childhood, adolescence, and middle and old age Outlines what can be done to limit the negative effects of loneliness on an individual Looks at how childhood, cultural, religious and other influences affect loneliness
Together And Lonely
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Author : Ami Rokach
language : en
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers
Release Date : 2013
Together And Lonely written by Ami Rokach and has been published by Nova Science Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Interpersonal relations categories.
In this work, the authors discuss two of the most fundamental of human experiences: loneliness, and belonging. There have been other publications, over the years, about each of these topics separately, but none about how they interact and influence one another, in one integrated volume.
Loneliness Updated
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Author : Ami Rokach
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-10-18
Loneliness Updated written by Ami Rokach and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-18 with Psychology categories.
"To be alone is to be different. To be different is to be alone, and to be in the interior of this fatal circle is to be lonely. To be lonely is to have failed" (Susan Schultz, 1976) Loneliness carries a significant social stigma, as lack of friendship and social ties is socially undesirable, and social perceptions of lonely people are generally unfavourable. Lonely people often have very negative self-perceptions, believing that the inability to establish social ties is due to personal inadequacies or socially undesirable attributes. This book is divided into three parts. The first part reviews loneliness in general, describing what it is and how it affects us. The second part examines loneliness throughout the life cycle, analysing how it affects us in childhood, adulthood and as we age. The final part explores the connection between loneliness and other conditions such as arthritis, eating disorders and depression. Loneliness Updated offers the latest research on how loneliness can affect us in our daily lives, and how it is expressed as we travel through life from childhood to old age. It will be a highly interesting read for scholars, students and researchers of clinical psychology, particularly those interested in further exploring the effects and consequences of loneliness. This book was originally published as a special issue of The Journal of Psychology.
A Philosophy Of Loneliness
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Author : Lars Svendsen
language : en
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Release Date : 2017-03-15
A Philosophy Of Loneliness written by Lars Svendsen and has been published by Reaktion Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-15 with Philosophy categories.
For many of us it is the ultimate fear: to die alone. Loneliness is a difficult subject to address because it has such negative connotations in our intensely social world. But the truth is that wherever there are people, there is loneliness. You can be lonely sitting in the quiet of your home, in the still of an afternoon park, or even when surrounded by throngs of people on a busy street. One need only turn on the radio to hear a crooner telling us just how lonesome we can be. In this groundbreaking book, philosopher Lars Svendsen confronts loneliness head on, investigating both the negative and positive sides of this most human of emotions. Drawing on the latest research in philosophy, psychology, and the social sciences, A Philosophy of Loneliness explores the different kinds of loneliness and examines the psychological and social characteristics that dispose people to them. Svendsen looks at the importance of friendship and love, and he examines how loneliness can impact our quality of life and affect our physical and mental health. In a provocative move, he also argues that the main problem in our modern society is not that we have too much loneliness but rather too little solitude, and he looks to those moments when our loneliness can actually tell us profound things about ourselves and our place in the world. The result is a fascinating book about a complex and deeply meaningful part of our very being.
Loneliness
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Author : Dilip V. Jeste, M.D.
language : en
Publisher: American Psychiatric Pub
Release Date : 2022-11-01
Loneliness written by Dilip V. Jeste, M.D. and has been published by American Psychiatric Pub this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-11-01 with Medical categories.
Feeling Lonesome
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Author : Ben Lazare Mijuskovic
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2015-06-23
Feeling Lonesome written by Ben Lazare Mijuskovic and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-23 with Psychology categories.
This book presents an intricate, interdisciplinary evaluation of loneliness that examines the relation of consciousness to loneliness. It views loneliness from the inside as a universal human condition rather than attempting to explain it away as an aberration, a mental disorder, or a temporary state to be addressed by superficial therapy and psychiatric medication. Loneliness is much more than just feeling sad or isolated. It is the ultimate ground source of unhappiness—the underlying reality of all negative human behavior that manifests as anxiety, depression, envy, guilt, hostility, or shame. It underlies aggression, domestic violence, murder, PTSD, suicide, and other serious issues. This book explains why the drive to avoid loneliness and secure intimacy is the most powerful psychological need in all human beings; documents how human beings gravitate between two motivational poles: loneliness and intimacy; and advocates for an understanding of loneliness through the principles of idealism, rationalism, and insight. Readers will understand the underlying theory of consciousness that explains why people are lonely, thereby becoming better equipped to recognize sources of loneliness in themselves as well as others. Written by a licensed social worker and former mental health therapist, the book documents why whenever individuals or groups feel lonely, alienated, estranged, disenfranchised, or rejected, they will either withdraw within and shut down, or they will attack others with little thought of consequence to either themselves or others. Perhaps most importantly, the work identifies the antidotes to loneliness as achieving a sense of belonging, togetherness, and intimacy through empathic emotional attachments, which come from a mutual sharing of "lived experiences" such as feelings, meanings, and values; constant positive communication; and equal decision making.
The Pain Of Loneliness
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Author : Wale Oyeniyi
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-03-05
The Pain Of Loneliness written by Wale Oyeniyi and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-05 with categories.
The Cure for Loneliness and Depression"It is not good that the man should be alone..."The foregoing line is not a statement by some motivational speaker, or an ancient philosopher, or a psychologist, or even a priest. No. This was said by the Lord God Himself, the Creator of the universe, the One who made all things that live and breathe.In Genesis 2:18, God said it is "NOT GOOD" that the man should be "alone". And you can be assured that if God says a thing is NOT good, then, it is definitely not good.Of all the things God made, as we read in the account of creation in Genesis chapters 1 and 2, there was only one thing He declared "not good." And that is, man's loneliness.What then is loneliness, and why is it so bad that God said it is not good? You are probably wondering.A singer once sang this line: "it doesn't mean I'm lonely when I'm alone...it's just me, myself and I". How true!Contrary to what many assume, loneliness is not really the state of being alone, or without the company of other people. It is worse.Loneliness is a psychological state of feeling "left out", or isolated. And this can happen even in the midst of others.Many are married and living with their spouses, yet feel lonely.There are some who live in a large house with a large family, yet they feel lonely. While there are others who work in organizations with tens or hundreds of staff, yet feel "left out", they feel isolated. That is loneliness!These are the sad realities of our day.Indeed, as God declared, it is NOT GOOD for a man (that is, a person) to be alone (lonely).Now, what makes loneliness so bad that God declared it "not good"?The quest to find answers to this question led to the birth of this book. Let me give you a hint why loneliness is NOT GOOD, as God announced.First, loneliness is associated with many risks, including health risks like depression. Have you noticed that you tend to think wild, negative thoughts when you are lonely? That's only a tip of the pains and dangers of loneliness!Also, you must have heard the saying that there is "safety in numbers", isn't it? It's true. Being lonely can expose you to dangers as predators tend to target people who are isolated.If you, for instance, want a particular branch of a tree to die, it's simple. Just cut it off from the tree, and let it be on its own. It's only a matter of time, it'll die off. Naturally.The truth is, the pains of loneliness are too deep and too serious for you to toy with it. You will discover more as you read further.But loneliness is not all bad! Indeed, being alone and isolated has its benefits. Oh yes! It has its good side too.Great ideas are birthed in the place of solitude.The inspiration for many of the greatest songs, groundbreaking inventions, revolutionary ideas and revelations which have positively altered the course of human history came in moments of isolation!Obviously, loneliness has its benefits.However, you need to understand that these benefits can only be harnessed when the time spent in solitude is properly channeled.In your hands right now is not just a book on loneliness. It is a tool that exposes you, not only to the true meaning of loneliness and its many pains and dangers, but also how you can effectively deal with these dangers (depression being one of them), and, importantly, how to productively channel your "alone time" to your benefit.Read on to discover the treasure in these pages...