Sentences with phrase «of feelings of loneliness»

Moreover, a focus on the development of feelings of loneliness in children who are isolated from cliques may be a central component in preventing subsequent depressive symptoms in these children.

It is possible, Lisansky speculates, that there are other subgroups — e.g. unmarried middle - aged women who become alcoholic because of feelings of loneliness and diminished self - esteem.

Not exact matches

You can lead a «busy» life and yet experience feelings of loneliness.

Superficial, distant, and less than meaningful relationships can lead to feelings of insecurity and loneliness, which can increase your risk of illness and death just as much as obesity, alcoholism, and smoking.

A 2010 study from Carnegie Mellon found that, when people engaged on Facebook — posting, messaging, Liking, etc. — their feelings of general social capital increased, while loneliness decreased.

His studies found a direct correlation between more time spent online and feelings of loneliness, where more time offline with family and close friends in face - to - face meetings correlated with feelings of safety, security and improved mental function.

Those who are employed, for example, are less lonely than students and the unemployed, the latter of whom have the highest feelings of loneliness.

The survey also found that striking the right balance of sleep, exercise, socializing with friends and family and «me time,» can help alleviate feelings of loneliness.

People in the Greatest Generation (ages 72 and up, according to Cigna's report) are least likely to report having feelings of loneliness.

More than half of Gen Zers identified with 10 of the 11 feelings associated with loneliness, according to the survey, including feeling like people around them are not really with them (69 percent), feeling shy (69 percent) and feeling like no one really knows them well (68 percent).

For Cigna's report, survey respondents were evaluated on their loneliness using the UCLA Loneliness Scale, a 20 - item questionnaire that was developed to assess subjective feelings of loneliness and social loneliness using the UCLA Loneliness Scale, a 20 - item questionnaire that was developed to assess subjective feelings of loneliness and social Loneliness Scale, a 20 - item questionnaire that was developed to assess subjective feelings of loneliness and social loneliness and social isolation.

Feelings of severe loneliness often signal something is wrong.

Also surprising: Young people with the highest rates of social media use reported very similar feelings of loneliness to those who barely use it, Still, Cordani says, «meaningful social interaction» was seen as key to reducing isolation so more face - to - face conversations are needed.

More than half of these 18 - to 24 - year - old members of Gen Z identified with 10 of the 11 feelings associated with loneliness, while more than 90 % of people 72 and older reported feeling close to others, having people to turn to and talk to, and feeling «in tune with others.»

I've seen studies that suggest the percentage of Americans who report chronic feelings of loneliness has risen over the past few decades.

It could also exacerbate feelings of loneliness.

HRT: One of the most difficult aspects of that year spent in Jordan was the loneliness and isolation that you experience being in a foreign culture and how you're often misunderstood just because of the cultural differences, and how alienating that can feel.

Not only that, but other researchers have shown that like - based communication actually decreases the feeling of loneliness, as it conveys a sense of empathy and caring.

«The primary function of Fribo is to share the daily activities to alleviate isolated feeling and loneliness that one experiences while living at home alone,» the researchers wrote in a paper published recently.

Indic mythologist Dr. Devdutt Pattnaik stated in an article that at the heart of erratic misbehaviour lay «deep loneliness, a sense of feeling exploited and unloved.»

Loss of a loved one, strong feelings of loneliness, «hitting rock bottom», a need to belong to be part of something bigger than themselves.

When we marry, we seldom realize that we will sporadically feel a peculiar kind of loneliness.

All of this is crucial given that Chudacoff never discusses the loneliness and forsakenness felt by many single people.

: «We found out that many people suffered from the same feelings of guilt and loneliness and hopelessness that we did.

They're there simply for the feeling of being part of something after a lifetime of loneliness.

One of the things that most people feel when they leave the church is loneliness.

I think it's designed to appeal to people's loneliness, and bring the concept of Jesus down to earth and make it more intimate feeling to followers.

Thus AA has found an answer to the alcoholic's deep feeling of isolation, loneliness, and rejection.

Many young working wives feel that the long hours they are away from home cause loneliness and frustration in their spouses — much the same kind of experience they themselves had as housewives.

Precisely that portion of Ezekiel which she can not immediately imagine for herself — it can not be consigned to something like a prairie fire — is that which breaks into her consciousness and offers her new ways to apprehend her loneliness — and to apprehend both the absurdity and undeniability of her felt connection to John Ames.

Being exposed to this attitude in the minister, the troubled person comes to feel encouraged to reach out of the loneliness of his isolation for the help which is available.

Here there is a good summary of thepain the disorder causes, which Hill has been trying to describe throughout the book, namely «the struggle to be faithful to the gospel's «terrible decree» that we must hold in check our strongest urges and not engage in homosexual activity; the struggle to belong, to find the end of loneliness; and the struggle with shame, with nagging feelings of being constantly displeasing to God» (p. 127).

All the help he had received was not able to offset his deep feeling of loneliness and alienation.

As we gather (or don't) with certain family members or friends, our feelings of loneliness, lack of personal fulfillment or longing for something we don't yet have tends to weigh on us a bit more heavily.

The longing to belong in some ultimate sense, to feel an at - homeness in the universe is satisfied for many in worship which reawakens the awareness of «the mystical unity which underlies all human life» (Cyril Richardson) This experience is energizing, feeding, and healing; it overcomes the sense of cosmic loneliness, the feeling expressed by a mental hospital patient: «I'm an orphan in the universe.»

Through their progeny they may seek to overcome a feeling of loneliness, emptiness, or uselessness.

In the gray area lies the man who has been interested in attending church but feels the weight of loneliness when he attends alone.

Yet it was these sorts of people who brought themselves to Jesus; split, contradicting themselves, disgusted and despairing about themselves, hateful of themselves, hostile towards everybody else, afraid of life, burdened with guilt feelings, accusing and excusing themselves, fleeing from others into loneliness, fleeing from themselves.

A Gallup study of student leaders in the nationally recognized Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership seminar found them three times more likely than other teens to express feelings of loneliness.

I hope it's not death, I hope it's gestation of winter sleep but whatever it is, I'm feeling the failure of it, the loneliness of it.

The rise in narcotics addiction in recent years, particularly among young people, is in large measure a result of the prevalent decay of purpose, the loss of stable values, and the feelings of personal estrangement, loneliness, hopelessness, and meaninglessness which characterize the present age.

Lastly, I want you to know that experiencing feelings of loneliness and depression do not mean that you are being unsupportive of your husband.

All of his young Negro subjects expressed intense feelings of loneliness and vulnerability.

They feel a sense of loneliness, based on their fear of others and their fear of themselves, that makes them cautious and servants of the status quo.

Cigna health insurance conducted a nationwide survey on loneliness using the UCLA Loneliness Scale and found that almost 50 percent of people said they always or sometimes feel alone orloneliness using the UCLA Loneliness Scale and found that almost 50 percent of people said they always or sometimes feel alone orLoneliness Scale and found that almost 50 percent of people said they always or sometimes feel alone or left out.

And there is a kind of cosmic loneliness which makes one feel so lost before the indifference of the universe and the meaninglessness of life that one finds no home for his soul.

For the still deeper loneliness of feeling at loose ends with the universe and devoid of any deep - going roots, only a religious outlook can work a cure.

But, even though she experienced chapters of loneliness and feelings of isolation from God, her devotion to her calling never wavered, and today she's remembered for her love of the poor and heeding of Christ's command to care for them.

There is the cutting loneliness of feeling misunderstood and rebuffed by someone that one loves, admires, lives or works with, or in some other way is related to but without inner fellowship.

Waning of energy and strength, the loneliness of being cut off from long - held ties, the feeling of being left out, often attend the later years.