FTA: 'Loneliness “is not synonymous with being alone, nor does being with others guarantee protection from feelings of loneliness,” writes John Cacioppo, the leading psychologist on the subject. Cacioppo privileges the emotion over the social fact because—remarkably—he’s sure that it’s the feeling that wreaks havoc on the body and brain. Not everyone agrees with him, of course. Another school of thought insists that loneliness is a failure of social networks. The lonely get sicker than the non-lonely, because they don’t have people to take care of them; they don’t have social support.'
From experience I definitely agree that having very little/no social interaction is not synonymous with loneliness.
I'm curious whether the social interaction/suicide relation is correlation or causation.
From experience I definitely agree that having very little/no social interaction is not synonymous with loneliness.
I'm curious whether the social interaction/suicide relation is correlation or causation.