The Characteristics Of Living Alone

Singlehood can be a life structure of the twenties, too. The daughter of an ego-boosting father, taught to try anything she wished so long as she didn't bail out before reaching the top, decided to become a traveling publicist. That meant being free to move from city to city as better jobs opened up. The structure that best served her purpose was to remain unattached. She shared apartments and lived in women's hotels, having a wonderful time, until at 27 she landed the executive job of her dreams.

Loneliness is a universal human experience that is uniquely experienced by each individual. Francis (1976), as cited by Bekhet, Zauszniewski, & Nakhla (2008) defines loneliness as an unwelcomed emotional state, feeling of lack of companionship and a wish for interaction that is different from the one being experienced. Bekhet et al. (2008) defined loneliness as the experience of isolation, disorientation, or “lostness”. It is an experience that occurs when a persons network of social relationships are deficient either qualitatively or quantitatively (Potter, Perry, & Potter, 2010).

i. Sometimes, being lonely can help one to come to terms with the issues in their life. Without the distractions of others, it becomes easier to grieve over a loss or to accept one’s fate and move on.

I believe the overall message of Henry David Thoreau´s “Solitude” is to differentiate solitude and loneliness which are totally different. It is more of a state of mind than something real. People around by other people would feel more loneliness than people who are physically alone. For Thoreau being in solitude is the best way to discover your mind and spirituality and is the best way to know yourself.

“The Virtues of Isolation”, written by Brent Crane, states that under the right circumstances being alone can provide significant psychological help. The article stated that scientists often associate isolation with negative outcomes due to it having adverse effects on the minds of children. However, when it is voluntarily pursued, it can be shown to have significant befits—some would even say its therapeutic. That temporarily isolating yourself gives you a chance to take a step back and take a good look at yourself. It alleviates the stress on our everyday lives and lets us relax. That the difference between solitude as therapy and solitude as misery depends on the quality of self-reflection that a person experiences, and the ability to reintegrate into social groups when their ready.

In this essay, “The Cohabitation Epidemic,” by Neil Clark Warren, is talking about why many people decide to live their lives in cohabitation instead of getting married right away. Older generations would look at cohabiting as being something bad or even immoral. In this century, this epidemic is something common and, notwithstanding, normal. Over the years, the U.S. Census Bureau has kept up with how this lifestyle has evolved. In 1970, they had 1 million people that were “unmarried-partner households,” and that number rose to 3.2 million in 1990. In the year 2000, they had 11 million people living in those situations.

Many people today are dependent on one another, and could not live alone in this world, due to how they would take it as a negative aspect of their lives. The new generation of humans is raised in a way that makes them believe that being lonely is the worst quality to have, and all prefer having a social life. However the people of the 20th century did not view independence the same way people do today. People of this time believed in something called Individualism, and took pride in independence rather than sociality. Individualism was widely believed during this time period and various authors wrote many novels, that displayed how independence can be advantageous and social values could cause many predicaments in a person's life.

Solitude is defined as choosing to be alone with your own thoughts. In his January 2009 essay “The End of Solitude” former Yale English Professor William Deresiewicz argues that solitude is necessary for personal identity; however, he worries that this generations views are incompetent. Deresiewicz “believes we all need to have in order to understand who we are, what we believe, and what we value” (“From Inquiry to Academic Writing” 98).

The increase in nonfamily households (those who live alone) is cause by a few causes such as people becoming widow’s at older ages, the increased of divorce among adults of all age groups, and passed on marriage among young adults. (Wetzel, 1990) Recent research has revealed that 43 percent of people over sixty lived alone with most pensioners living far away from family members, and some having no family members at all. Half of seventy-five year olds receive monthly visits from family members and a quarter only receives weekly visits. (Beckford, 2011) By 2031, the statistics of elderly people living alone is predicted to rise dramatically to between 841,800 and 901,800. (Abs.gov.au, 2014) This research shows a significant change compared to fifty years ago when most elderly people who weren’t with a parent shared the same house as their adult children. (Kellam-Scott,

Depression significantly predicted the ‘lonely not isolated’ category, participants who were never or rarely depressed were significantly less likely to be ‘lonely not isolated’ when compared to their counterparts who were frequently depressed. Similarly, living in close proximity to family also significantly reduced the likelihood of being ‘lonely not isolated.’ In contrast, low self-esteem and low levels of interpersonal control (Q2) significantly increased the likelihood of inclusion in the ‘lonely not isolated’

I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.” Thoreau is portraying how being isolated from society can give a man or women the self independence they need to find their own individuality. In order to find ones individuality they must find freedom

This chapter starts with Greg receiving ten thousand dollars from Hoerni after calling out for help and he returned back to Pakistan to build a bridge. He bought steel cable necessary in the only place in Northern Area, the Balti men helped carry them. The men decided to go on a hunting trip for a ibex when it starts to rain, after climbing up mountain and sleeping in the cave they finally found a dead ibex. The Balti men offered Greg ibex’s skulls as present, later on they hunted a live ibex and brought back to Korphe for a feast. Greg was talking to Twaga about women and he refused to find himself a women in his situation while Twaga convinced him to get one due to his age. Greg was praised by George McCown, who was the CEO of Land Corporation,

However, life does not always work out in our favor. I had let my unrealistic feelings get in the way of contentment. There is a theory that implies that if this stage is carried out correctly and successfully, then one can develop a sense of commitment, safety, and care in a relationship. Nonetheless, this was not the case for me. Although I did not get the excitement and satisfaction that I was looking for, I came out of this dark time with understanding. With this being said, Erikson’s sixth stage has played a huge role in my life. This stage altered my perception about loneliness and love. I learned that being broken and hurt help us realize that maybe we are not meant to be pursued just yet at that specific point in our life. This stage taught me that just because one relationship did not go as well as I had hoped, does not mean that I should give up. Being alone is oftentimes perceived as something negative or depressing. Despite that common stereotype, sometimes we are meant to be alone. Learning to live life alone allows us to explore our wants and needs out of a person, and as a benefit, we are taught to love and value

Isolation, which is the key psychological crisis of young adulthood. As the name itself suggests, such a phase consists in forming intimate relationships on the one hand and remaining lonely on the other. According to Erikson, those who are able to develop a strong sense of ego identity during adolescence will more likely be prepared in early adulthood to form intimate attachments; whereas, those who fail to achieve ego identity during adolescence will less likely form lasting relationships in early adulthood. I think that my current situation fits neither intimacy nor isolation, but it’s more a mix of the two. First of all, as explained in the previous paragraph, during my adolescence I was able to form ego identity, meaning that I really got to know myself and my direction in life. I also want to add that I am surely not that kind of person that lives passively, but contrarily I’m very active and I always put 100% in everything I do. Additionally, I have always been able to build lasting relationships and form intimate attachments with people. In fact, I have many

being separated means being alone. This is true of every creature, and it is true of man