Loneliness is mans most lethal adversary, for it is the only poison which can ultimately & inexplorable?

Question

extreminate the soul do you agree??

Answer 1

i feel great loneliness at this moment in time, it could drive my soul into darkness, and to start killing my soul one piece at a time, if one gazes into the cesspool of despair for to long.but i have been here before,and in some ways, far worse emotions to cope with then.i will never give up hope for despair.i will survive and continue searching for peace and true love.

Answer 2

I would say we can destroy ourselves if we're obsessed with loneliness. The most important distinction, however, is "alone" & "lonely." People who enjoy being alone are often misunderstood as--"Aren't you LONELY?" No. & in the very deepest sense, we are all "alone."
I love my space & solitude, but I'm very much a people person as well. I've known creative people, (painters, writers, etc.), who were 100% content living insulated lives.
Children do need input from others--social deprivations at an early age often have a very negative impact--sometimes long into adulthood.
True loneliness is really dispair. This happens most often with the elderly. While they have alternatives, they become so familiar with loneliness, it's almost like the Stockholm Syndrome, & they do diminish over time, like a withered plant. I would say that their "spirit" dies. Absolutely.

By the way, I understood your question clearly.

Answer 3

What a coincidence this question is for me today. I watched the last two thirds of a movie this morning before I went to work which I last saw when I was a teenager. It's called "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" starring Alan Arkin and Sondra Locke. It's about a deaf mute living with a family in a rented room in the South in the 1960's. It deals with discrimination against African Americans, as well against those with disabilities. But, mostly, the main character spends his time helping those in need around him, but because of his disability, he is largely overlooked by those around him. Ultimately, he is extremely lonely. This is a movie I think you would enjoy, and the ending, though somewhat hopeful, is very sad. Here's the link below to the IMDB's page on the movie. This may not be the answer you're looking for now, but I believe this movie answers your question completely, and I did not give away the ending. Amazing, I haven't seen this movie in 25 years, I watched it today, and you ask this question.

Answer 4

Yes, loneliness can really devour one's soul by eating one from the inside to the outside as the loneliness becomes unendurable and overpowering that some people feel like they are falling down a black hole and they also have no way to express themselves. Its important to be social with others to feel confident about yourself and also because its one of Marvolo's H. Triangle or something of that sort list of human needs along with food, shelter and other unmentionables.. This is a very good question, you seem to be full of interesting ones. Also I once read somewhere that some people would rather be stranded on a desert island with some that they hated than be stuck on a desert island alone..I guess coping with that is better than having nobody to talk too. LOL

Answer 5

I don't know if it is the most lethal, but I think it is something everyone experiences at some point in life whether male or female, young or old, rich or poor.

“Loneliness is and always has been the central and inevitable experience of every man.” ~~Thomas Wolfe

"What makes loneliness an anguish is not that I have no one to share my burden, but this: I have only my own burden to bear." ~~Dag Hammarskjold

"Loneliness breaks the spirit." ~~Jewish Proverb

Answer 6

I agree we do need some interaction with others, it`s a basic human thing. There is however a difference between being alone and being lonely. It`s essential to spend some time alone, even Christ and moses spent time alone with themselves, its a time to get to know that which is within and build the spirit. Loneliness dampens the spirit and deludes the mind I think

Answer 7

Rena, some people enjoy "solitude" or being alone. I for one find it deafening being alone for very long. This is who I am, my personality. I can see if I were a writer as one of the answers said, I would want to be alone for a while, but not forever. Interestingly, a study was done with orphans as infants. They were ignored most of the time, never stimulated, and grew up very sad individuals with no social skills, under achievers, because they were so isolated as babies. They had frequent mood swings as well as learning disabilities. I truly believe we need stimuli at some point, even if it is infrequent, it needs to be there for us to flourish. Man needs to interact with one another and not be alone, and I mean this as being alone forever, not temporarily.

Answer 8

No, I quit feeling lonely long ago. I had a lot of down time for a while and sat home and brooded but that is all gone... now I'm happy to sit home. And a person can even get a lot done that way. I like being alone. I'm a writer, for pete's sake.

Answer 9

I agree to some extent on it, because some of us are used to being alone, while others get too attached to let's say their Spouses for one, or their beloved Pet, and cannot stand being alone, so ultimately Die from Loneliness.

Answer 10

it is okay to date and such but nit to grow old and me lonely.then you have no one.loving someone and waking up next to them is amazing but being lonely is not.you feel depressed as though you have no one and such.you do not feel the love that others do.loneliness is like a bad dream per say because you are there with no friends,ones who love you,etc..loneliness is what kills people faster.many couples when one person passes away shortly after the spouse dies too.that is because not having that person in your life makes you weaker.loneliness is like a poison for those who have no one,a death sentenece for those who lost someone-as in their spouse..yet my grandmother from my mom's side kost her husband because he was shot,second husband-she re married- because of health issues and is all by herself.I see that if she were to have her husband then she would be livelier.