Loneliness

Find out where joy resides and give it a voice far beyond singing. For to miss the joy is to miss all - Robert Louis Stevenson

Loneliness
Loneliness

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Looking Loneliness in the Face

Professor Elaine Bernal was halfway through grading the stack of 50+ final exams, when she came across the one that set itself apart from the rest. "Please don't waste your time grading this," said the note at the bottom of the first page, "as I am not in your class! I just did not want to be lonely. So I decided to take it."

Everyone knows what it is to be lonely. Even in a crowded public place, in a marriage, in a house full of siblings, one can feel lonely, disconnected, as if there's no-one else there. It's a price inherent to being the only one looking out at the world through your eyes.

Loneliness not only feels bad, it can be damaging. A March 2015 Time magazine…

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 Looking Loneliness in the Face

Everyone knows what it is to be lonely. Even in a crowded public place, in a marriage, in a house full of siblings, one can feel lonely, disconnected, as if there's no-one else there. It's a price inherent to being the only one looking out at the world through your eyes.

Campaign to End Loneliness

The Campaign to End Loneliness inspires thousands of organisations and people to do more to tackle the health threat of loneliness in older age. The Campaign to End Loneliness is a network of national, regional and local organisations and people working together through community action, good practice, research and policy to ensure that loneliness is acted upon as a public health priority at national and local levels.

The Lonely Blog

The Web of Loneliness Institute, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization aimed at increasing awareness of loneliness and its negative effects, conducting cutting edge research to improve our understanding of loneliness, and developing and disseminating effective loneliness intervention programs.

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