Solitude vs. Loneliness

[Paulinus]

That is interesting. Makes sense, I have plenty of experience of both.

Thinking about it, more often then not I feel lonely when there are(or have been) people around me. I tend to cope well(perhaps too well for my own good) with long periods on my own.

[pnoopiepnats]

Good article. I think mine is mostly solitude. Sometimes I do get lonely, especially at night.

[samblank]

good article
I think everyone should experience both.

[alwaysalone]

I've always been a loner.

But I do also enjoy solitude.

Just like that fellow (Prof. Crater) on "Man Trap" STOS (about the salt vampire).

[MC]

Having read this I guess what I experience most of the time is solitude. But I do get lonely, and it usually gets me bad..

[Naptaq]

Well I guess when on is alone he has Loneliness problems. But guess what. When you become sociable you just change one problem for another. Then you have social problems. Or reletionship problems.

So you can look at everything at from a bad side ..

Or you can appricate the Loneliness. There are great benefits in being loneley, as well as there are great benifits with being social.

It's not that Loneliness is bad it's how we relate to it.

[livinginashell]

true that both have their pros and cons, but i think it's safe to say that being social has more pros than being lonely... i mean this site wouldn't exist if loneliness were so tolerable right?

[Naptaq]

If it wasn't tolerable at all we'd change or we'd be dead.. which of course is not the case.

i think it's safe to say that being social has more pros than being lonely

That's your take on it. Buddhist monks would see no diffrence.

[MrNice]

There are great benefits in being loneley

what exactly is the advantage in
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harsh, punishment, a deficiency state, a state of discontent marked by a sense of estrangement, an awareness of excess aloneness.
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i think it's safe to say that being social has more pros than being lonely
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That's your take on it. Buddhist monks would see no diffrence.

social is usually type of behavior, what you do
lonely is a feeling
you can't even really compare the two

but its pretty safe to say that not feeling lonely has more advantages then feeling lonely
people don't chose to be lonely - its a feeling that comes when something is missing and it sucks

[Naptaq]

Hey lsdima

I'll correct myself: There are great benifits at being alone as well there are great benifits as being social.

I was refering to being alone not the feeling of loneliness.

It's not that being alone that's the problem it's how we relate to it. and thus the Feeling of loneliness, and ppl being in a reletionship just because they are afraid of being alone.

Being social and being alone.. both have benifits.

Respect