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Sign in to savethumb|Loneliness by Hans Thoma ([[National Museum in Warsaw)]]
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50 sectionsContents
- Causes
- Existential
- Cultural
- Lack of meaningful relationships
- Relationship loss
- Situational
- Self-perpetuating
- Social contagion
- Internet
- Genetics
- Ageing
- Other
- Typology
- Social loneliness
- Emotional loneliness
- Family loneliness
- Romantic loneliness
- Other
- Demarcation
- Differences between feeling lonely and being socially isolated
- Transient vs. chronic loneliness
- Loneliness as a human condition
- Prevalence
- Increasing prevalence
- Effects
- Transient
- Chronic
- Benefits
- Brain
- Physical health
- Death
- Mental health
- Suicide
- Society level
- Physiological mechanisms linked to poor health
- Relief
- Medical treatment
- NGO and community led
- Government
- Pets
- Technology
- Effectiveness of digital technology interventions
- Religion
- Others
- Effectiveness
- Historical emergence of loneliness as a social problem
- See also
- Notes and references
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|Loneliness by Hans Thoma ([[National Museum in Warsaw)]]
Loneliness is an unpleasant emotional response to perceived or actual isolation. Loneliness has been described as social pain, a psychological mechanism that motivates individuals to seek social connections. This condition is frequently associated to a perceived lack of emotional connection and intimacy. Loneliness overlaps and yet is distinct from solitude. Solitude is simply the state of being apart from others; however, not all individuals who experience solitude feel lonely. Loneliness, as a subjective emotion, can be experienced even in the presence of others.