If people expressed their loneliness would they be less lonely?

Answer 1

If they have someone to express their loneliness with. =)

Answer 2

I agree with, whonose, it is true that if someone admints to being lonely you tend to say 'well get out there and do something' but it is usually because they have relationship issues that people don't do just that.
It also depends on the age of the person, the older you get the harder it is to meet people, where do you go? What if you don't 'gel' with people at work and they are just workmates, that makes you feel lonely, even when you are in a relationship you can feel lonely, it just means that people are not noticing you and that basically is what loneliness is all about, not being noticed and feeling part of things!
Some people are always going to feel lonely because they strive to fit in and other people think they are attention seeking.
We should all just give people a chance and understand that not everyone has the same way of thinking, and that maybe by not including people into conversations,or including them when you are going out, you are adding to the 'sad' person's loneliness.
No one wants to be lonely, we just handle things differently!
Yes, I talk from experience on both sides.

Answer 3

If someone took notice of the expressed loneliness the person may feel less lonely for a very short while.

Answer 4

If they expressed their loneliness in a positive way people might be helpful we are often unaware of other peoples problems but nobody likes a moaner.hope your not lonely. I think this is a good thing for shop assistance to be aware of as sometimes they can be the only person someone might speak to in a day,and don't you think we should smile to each other more .

Answer 5

Lonliness is a dark place that one locks themselves into and no matter how many people are around and no matter how much they talked about being lonely they will still be lonely until they find something to fill that void they have inside of their hearts. Usually loneliness is a state of mind and a form of depression.

Answer 6

Would it do the lonely person any good? If they already feel bad about being lonely how is saying it out loud going to help? I guess for most lonely people the answer is "no".

Most people like to be around people who make them feel good - so what's the chances of anyone wanting to be around someone who is going on about how bad they feel?

Being lonely is basically a choice, like: "I feel really bad about being alone, but it's much safer than going out and maybe having people laugh at me and reject me if I try to make friends."

So the choice in that case is simply: I'd rather be lonely than laughed at/rejected.

If you don't already have friends, or family members who can introduce you to people, the simple fact is you're gonna have to go out there and take chances.
Because the only sort of person you might attract by telling people you're lonely is other people who'd rather be lonely than take a chance (and then you can tell each other how lonely you are), or the sort of person who takes advantage of "lonely" people.
Neither of these sound like much of an answer to me.

Answer 7

If they had someone to tell it to who cared then yes, but most people who tell others they are lonely have the subject changed on them pretty quick and get looked at like they have two heads, sad world we live in were people are lonely.

Answer 8

Its a tough one!
Either a certain person would take pity and want to do something about the lonliness

Or people would just get fed up of the constant moaning about how lonely everyone else is.

Answer 9

If they did that, that would imply there's something wrong with them, or else why are they lonely? On the contrary that would make them look desperate, needy and they will end up gaining nothing if not becoming more lonely.
A good idea would be to analyse why they dont have friends and work on it.

Answer 10

Most of them are lonely because they don't express themselves. So yes, it would be a good thing

Answer 11

They would feel less lonely when interacting with another person...but if this person does not understand them then they will continue to feel lonely.