Are you lonely? One in eight people say they have no close friends

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Feelings of isolation are increasing as more people become dependent on social media, with one in eight people saying they have no close friends

Charities Relate and Relationships Scotland conducted a survey and found a three per cent increase in the number of people reporting feelings of isolation.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencete...e-friends.html

[Dema]

I think its more then 1 in 8, are you one of them Raine?

[RN97]

Not in recent times, but I used to be quite lonely 5-6 years ago or so.
It's a terrible feeling and very though to live through.

[Milo]

I only have "friends"

[Herr Abubu]

Not really. Most social relationships outside of familial relationships, and likely also familial relationships if you come from a certain cultural background, require you to wear a mask these days, so whatever measure of loneliness is preferable to hypocrisy, unless you're weak and mediocre.

[Ilma]

My true friends and bestfriends live all far away from me now (thousands of kilometers from here or even in Finland and Iceland)... I see some of them maybe on average of once every 3 or 6 months. We keep contact via phone, message, facebook mainly. I miss them often. People I know where I live are just collegues I never hang out with anyway. BTW my family live 1h30 by car from me but I see them more than my friends actually.

[War Chef]

require you to wear a mask these days, so whatever measure of loneliness is preferable to hypocrisy, unless you're weak and mediocre.

Well yeah you put on a mask when you talk to people.... it doesn't make you "fake".....just trying to be presentable. I do some of that even for this forum

I think your problem is you think that you're too good for these plebs..... you're too heavily opinionated, why not set your views aside and view people on a level as people (beings who shit every morning and bleed the same blood as you)?

Lonely people deserve to be lonely.... they have complexes and usually have their head far up their ass....

[ÁGUIA]

Lonely people deserve to be lonely.... they have complexes and usually have their head far up their ass....

Not everybody deserves to be lonely, the majority dont actually. Many of them are (lonely), not because they want to be, but rather have crippling lack of social skills for the reason it may be. We are social creatures and most of us just want to share our lifes with others. Here in Portugal is very accentuated the problem of the loliness among elder folks for example and it's not because they want or deserve to be.

Although I think indeed some are lonely for some kind of narcissim component, as they isolate themselves for thinking basicaly the rest is not good enough for their company. Sometimes I do this and is something I need to try to ameliorate.

[Herr Abubu]

Well yeah you put on a mask when you talk to people.... it doesn't make you "fake".....just trying to be presentable. I do some of that even for this forum

I think your problem is you think that you're too good for these plebs..... you're too heavily opinionated, why not set your views aside and view people on a level as people (beings who shit every morning and bleed the same blood as you)?

Lonely people deserve to be lonely.... they have complexes and usually have their head far up their ass....

You seem to assume that I should conform to people who I don't respect, don't find interesting and have no connection or commonality with (except for the fact that they shit every morning, that's of course a really important thing which I shouldn't forget). That only leads to mediocrity, to becoming bourgeois.

You get me completely wrong, by the way. I have acquaintances, usually people born outside of the West, who I enjoy talking to. These are simple people from simple backgrounds, but nonetheless very interesting people. If I look down upon someone, it is for a good reason.

The sign of a truly lonely person is that he needs other people.

[War Chef]

Not everybody deserves to be lonely, the majority dont actually. Many of them are (lonely), not because they want to be, but rather have crippling lack of social skills for the reason it may be. We are social creatures and most of us just want to share our lifes with others. Here in Portugal is very accentuated the problem of the loliness among elder folks for example and it's not because they want or deserve to be.

Although I think indeed some are lonely for some kind of narcissim component, as they isolate themselves for thinking basicaly the rest is not good enough for their company. Sometimes I do this and is something I need to try to ameliorate.

Good points....

I'll add, people don't know how to fix their loneliness. They can easily get involved in school/college..... get a job and hang out with co-workers.... volunteer, etc.... As for old people, yes it's a sad situation but they already had a good run....

You seem to assume that I should conform to people who I don't respect,

Bro if you don't respect people then you don't respect yourself (at a surface level you may, but deep down subconsciously, no). The way you view other people is a direct reflection back onto you.

don't find interesting and have no connection or commonality with (except for the fact that they shit every morning, that's of course a really important thing which I shouldn't forget).

What more commonality do you need than another human experiencing life with it's perfect balance of pleasure and pain? The life of all people is on the same/similar framework as yours, you're not as "special" as you think.

That only leads to mediocrity, to becoming bourgeois.

Again this elitist "I'm better than everyone" mentality. You've really put yourself on a high horse and not coming down.

You get me completely wrong, by the way. I have acquaintances, usually people born outside of the West, who I enjoy talking to. These are simple people from simple backgrounds, but nonetheless very interesting people. If I look down upon someone, it is for a good reason.

Yeah yea, you like conservative people.