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Originally Posted by Velvet
As a person that came from a region of Europe under war as a child I can tell you that loneliness is a luxury we allow ourselves. Many, many people in the world pray that their biggest problem would be loneliness.
I understand that here in North America this can be a real problem. But so much of it is actually culturally induced and in ones’ head. Socialize, socialize etc as if we were pack animals. No, we are not, that is why some people become monks. I am not talking about the clinically depressed but the “bored” people who are looking for someone else to entertain them all the time. I feel strongly for them particularly when they are helpless and need people to do things for them. But not for the run of the mill healthy “bored” individual.
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Very good points. Hard to be bored in this time with all the resources for knowledge we have. I do think, however, it is much harder for those who live alone to be cut off from face-to-face contact and not feel lonely.