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Maybe it's best to just stay inside (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 weeks ago by vsoponge@lemmy.world to c/comicstrips@lemmy.world

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[–] Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 19 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

This is bad depiction of loneliness and push the blame on people who are alone or prefer to be alone. Lonely is actually worst. You can see a group photo and you couldn't tell if anyone in there feels lonely at all.

[–] Cracks_InTheWalls@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago

I wouldn't say it's bad so much as it's simplified and incomplete. Some of us cough develop defense mechanisms designed to keep other people away, and at one point it may have been for good reasons. Down the road, though, you find yourself keeping those defences when they no longer serve you, which isolates you from others.

For these folks, acknowledging that they're doing this, finding ways to safely lower their guard, and slowly exposing themselves to more people and experiences can help with that loneliness.

This is the kind of thing I get from this image. But this situation does not address all causes or types of loneliness, just one possible factor.