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more about #socialstudies Her Grace: SNOWED IN: This just in: tautology is tautological! No surprise for me, having been a loner for most of ever. more » jfwlucy: This reminds me so much of George Sodini who shot up the exercise club, and his eventual extreme isolation from any sort of human contact at all -- ho... more » Uncommon Whore: Great. Just as I was feeling sorry for myself after spending Thanksgiving weekend alone, knowing I'm going to spend Christmas alone too. Awesome. more » BrilliantCorners: Wow, this is so apropo for me right now. I am currently trying to deal with what sometimes feels like bone-crushing loneliness. I am abroad for the ... more » Grim Reaper of the Forest: Having moved to a small town where we know no one (still after a year) and working from home, I understand this dilemma. It is like when you are dati... more » noisy doll: It's very difficult when a friend is specifically lonely in the romance department, and no matter how many friends he has, he won't stop talking about... more » lowkeylo: I really resent the "friends" who have avoided me in the past when I've felt lonely and needed to talk about it. The very fact that someone was willi... more » bluebears: Is it possible that "loneliness" as used here is just another way of saying depression? Because sometimes when people are depressed they do a lot of i... more » o-line: At last, the burning question posed in Eleanor Rigby has been answered. more » KentuckyBabe: I went through a period of agonizing loneliness ... even my friends who lived very close to me, never came to see me. but it also was because I was so... more » morninggloria: There's a lotta things about me you don't know anything about, Dottie. Things you wouldn't understand. Things you couldn't understand. Things you shou... more » heykoukla: I'm obviously immune to the disease. I seem to attract lonely people - on trains, buses, when shopping - anytime, really. How can you not talk to some... more » PaigeTurner: These reinforcing effects mean that our social fabric can fray at the edges, like a yarn that comes loose at the end of a crocheted sweater," Cacioppo... more » winner: I might have the antidote. Go get an Italian, Catholic mama. Not only will she NEVER leave you alone, she will also teach you to recognize the warni... more » PaigeTurner: but i thought misery loves company? more » samethingwedoeverynightpinky: I guess I'm a scientific anomaly? When I've gotten lonely in the past and been dropped by friends/lovers, I've generally realized that either they wer... more » Cairn: The friendless and marginalized really needed that extra bit of bad news on the first day of December. Next up: 101 ways to slit your wrists with tinsel! more » GreyCat: How can anyone catch your loneliness if you are alone? more » CurtCole: I'm glad the picture wasn't that little zoloft cloud being, he makes me sad. more » BabyJane: Why is my post alone in here? Where is everyone? more » -
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Infectious Diseases
Loneliness is contagious, say researchers. Apparently, it quickly becomes a vicious cycle, leading to the complete isolation of those already on the fringes of society. Experts believe this is a function of our natural tendency to drop the loners. [Reuters] -
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Life Is High School
A new study, which one can only assume nerds released very reluctantly, shows that not only is life high school, but the prom queen always wins. More » -
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