Essays on Loneliness

Are humans only lonely when they are alone? Do images of people together conjure up feelings of inclusion and acceptance or those of disconnection and emptiness? Humans need relationships that offer a sense of belonging. These connections, made by spending time with people, add value to human life. Yet at one time or another everyone…

Does technology promotes loneliness? Application of knowledge to the practical aims of human life or to changing and manipulating the human environment. Technology includes the use of materials, tools, techniques, and sources of power to make life easier or more pleasant and work more productive(Merriam Webster). Technology has helped reduce loneliness by making people to…

Mother Teresa once said, “The most terrible poverty is loneliness, and the feeling of being unloved.” This quote means that if you’re lonely, you feel poor in the sense that you are lacking love and affection. In the novel Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck there are two characters who are isolated from everyone…

There are many people who often get to feeling sad and sometimes confuse this with the feeling of loneliness. Imagine lying in bed at night, and this weird feeling creeps into place; most people would label this as sadness while others identify it with loneliness. But how do we tell the difference between the two…

There is a theory that with technological advances, loneliness has increased in today’s society. Cell phones, in particular, promote loneliness because of less face to face interaction, they can be addictive and lead to depression, even though cell phones can be used to initiate social interaction. Cellphones are supposed to connect us and make communication…

In today’s day and age, technology has become an integral part of most people’s daily lives. With this technology comes social media and internet usage, and as people spend more time utilizing these online networks, a change in how individuals interact and behave with one another has taken place. Such as, reduced face to face…

The late mother Teresa once said, “The most terrible poverty is loneliness, and the feeling of being unloved.” If you’ve ever felt lonely, if you feel lonely right now, please know that you’re not alone. A study done in the UK by the British Red Cross shows that over nine million adults, feel the same…

The novel Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, is centered on America during the Great Depression in the 1930s. Many men were hard workers who had to travel from ranch to ranch, looking for wages that would be sufficient to keep them going for the time being. This type of life is hard on…

Loneliness is a growing epidemic among the elderly population, predominantly in Western Culture where elders are often placed in nursing homes, excluding them from their community. A silent killer, loneliness has shown to increase rates of depression, and the severity of preexisting psychiatric disorders, as well as decrease overall physical and emotional wellbeing. A few…

Firstly, in the story’’Eleven’’,Rachel feels lonely because her teacher does not believe in her and makes her to take the ugly red sweater.Rachel has to take the sweater but she tries to protest it by puts it in the corner of the table.This makes her teacher gets mad and orders Rachel to put the sweater…