yeah I found that its so easy to do nothing but sit alone at home, theres this service to help combat loneliness from ageUK where you can call older people who don't see anyone and I've found it really helps both you and them www.ageuk.org.uk/health-wellbeing/loneliness/befriending-services/
I have gone from very social to almost completely isolated the last few years. I use my phone and skype sometimes. But I truly enjoy being alone, much better than being with people. I still look sharp, dress sharp and can be very social if needed, though I prefer not to be. Guess I am just one of those that can truly live alone on the Moon for a year :D
I have been deeply alone and feeling lonely for 7 years now. I keep reaching out no matter what the outcome. Keep reaching out - even to the person in line with you at the supermarket.
Is there a club or something in your local area you could sign up to maybe? In the UK there's a website called MeetUp with different clubs, I've been to one x
From what I gathered though, it sounds like he has people to go back to, friends, family, etc. So I think it's a big difference from people that don't have that at all vs. a person that knows that it's just temporary & when it's over he still has people in his life.
this is me since i was 25 to now at 30. if i didnt have my job and lyft or video games. i would have no social life. i could see myself doing lots of drugs getting older
this video should receive more likes for such a beautiful project, we all will become old, help people who suffers from loneliness is a very nice project. TOGETHER WE CAN END LONELINESS !!!
A week without seeing or any contact with people "does not show how he cannot live without people". Hmm do you see the contradiction in what you said there. He didn't use his phone because he'll receive texts or missed calls from people. He didn't see or speak to anyone for a week, seriously where did you get that from?
@@kiragoe Well that doesn't go for everyone. I did this same test, no phone nothing. I personally didn't mind it. It was pretty is mostly because I hate people in general, and I find myself creating things out of paper, and daily work out. It feels better for me to be without people then with.
Riccy M ive been doing that for a decade. No phone calls, no texts (that weren’t work related), and certainly no friendships. It’s doable. I realized I probably wasn’t going to get any relationships, and it played out how I expected it to.
very powerful, thank you. I run a charity Our Special Friends which is all about how important animal friends can be....a pet in the equation can be life saving/life enhancing, they help us to cope. Animals can be talked to, hugged and their very presence can be comforting. They are not the total solution but a very important part of it, and so often overlooked. Support is needed when life is tough for both human and animal welfare.
I've spent way too much time avoiding people because of my social anxiety. The meds don't help. After I lost someone I scheduled a vacation from work and just didn't want to be a part of anything. I didn't talk to anyone. I didn't leave home except once to buy groceries. I was depressed and didn't realize it because I wasn't able to cry. At least... not til I finally talked to someone about it. It all hit me at once and I was very scared and confused. I put more effort into having human contact now. It helps a lot with depression.
Also hi! You are so brave for talking. I have that too and also social exclusion and bullying adds to it and I want to make videos about people connecting and relating * small talk to stop loneliness. Trust and forgiveness so we can be a community. Then if it's a woman the keeping yourself from getting grabbed when working in nightlife and street smarts. I stopped walking through dimly lit alleyways late night
Welcome to my entire life. One week? Try months. Years. A decade. Longer. Obviously not totally alone 24/7 because of work/college, but I cant even remember the last time I got the chance to hang out with friends. Because all my real friends went to college out of state and I struggle to make and keep friends, I might get to see them for a week out of the entire year. Two if Im lucky.
@@saeedelghaziri2385 Thanks for asking. These days I have a friend who I go to see at least once a week. There are still areas of my social life I definitely need improving on, like I'm still a total hot mess when it comes to dating and I don't recall ever getting any enjoyment out of it, which is a shame because I want to have a positive experience and fall in love with someone like anyone else, but things are getting better, bit by bit. I've had to overcome a whole lifetime of social anxiety, which I don't really have anymore, but because I had it for such a long time and didn't socialize much growing up like a normal person would, I often find myself having to learn or re-learn social norms and things like that.
3.07 I think it requires more than a little effort but rather, a tremendous amount of effort, if you want to be connected and engaged, it requires tremendous effort every day. What a very good video, thank you.
One week yeah try ten years!!!! I'm a 28 year old male and I was isolated almost twenty four hours a day because my Dad worked miles away and my family also lived miles away. I tried to make friends got treated like absolute shit, taken advantage of you name it. So yeah one week. Try doing it for years. I'm amazed I'm still here!
I could do this easily. This has been my life for more years than I care to admit, and I'm 25 now. I do use my phone and PlayStation often, but I could go with books and artwork instead. It makes no difference what I do, or don't do. I just wish I could spend time with people. I hope one day to have friends nearby :'(
I literally locked myself in my room for 3 months without talking to someone i didn't answer the phone or Facebook messages yes i played video games but offline i watched a lot of movies tv shows series Anime i read a lot of comics and mangas and to be honest i never felt more peaceful yes i felt lonely sometimes and i felt guilty for cutting off most of relations i had but at least i found myself i learned that i don't need someone to be happy all i need is my self
You know who else is desperately lonely? The dogs & cats at the shelter. Volunteer - no matter your age - to visit with the lonely, abandoned animals. You will make human friends there, too - of the best possible sort. 🐾♥️
May I add that loneliness affects all ages. It can be due to disabilities physical mental health, loss of a job, moving home and so on. I'm 38 yrs old woman who suffers from loneliness due to agoraphobia and mental health illness.
The pandemic is nothing. Give it a few months and everything will go back to normal. For others this is the day to day life for years and often they will never get out of their loneliness.
I understand that this would bother many people, but I can't really understand the why. I yearn to be alone and often find I can't truly enjoy the precious rare periods that I do get to be alone because I get too anxious thinking about how quickly it will end. Social interaction is horrible.
I was born with no siblings, constantly moved so i never really made friends or at least kept them, and i only had my mother who worked nights and days... I've never been on parties or dates/irl relationships.... yes I can do this project easily... ii do it everyday... god i hate this
As detailed in other comments the man in this movie experiences isolation not loneliness, isolation is removal from society to a place of seclusion, in itself not necessarily a bad thing. Loneliness, however, is a destructive removal of a person, often not of their own making, to a life lacking intimacy, friendship, support, and every other human interaction, often this void can be partially filled with a cat or a dog. The human condition is naturally gregarious and loneliness destroys the human spirit and life becomes no longer worth living. Call me old fashioned but these problems were not so prevalent till we had the break up of the extended family, we need to go back to this model ASAP
My life for the past few years. I just turned 60. I was dating almost weekly before that through the dating apps, but once I hit the magic number 60, nobody responds anymore. I wake up crying almost daily, and don't see any way out.
Easily, a week is nothing for me. I committed the Japanese act where you spend months inside and never go out mixing with anyone. I stayed in my room, on here and just playing video-games all night and slept all day, my body clock switched completely around. You just immerse yourself in your own little world, i end up talking to myself, analyzing things, the only time you have to worry is if you start answering yourself back. I embrace loneliness, the only problem for me from time to time is not having the physical contact of a woman, even just to hold, hug things like that.
Cause theres a specific term for it where large majority of young men do it out of sheer depression and practically giving up on society. Ive tried reading, my mind is based more in visual when it comes to stories. I try reading books and its hard to get into them. I could try comics though i guess. But really my pet-project is buying some drawing models and trying to create my own story-version of the events that played out after Prometheus and before Covenant. I have a good story to tell there its just getting myself motivated to get started on some story-boards.
Im a big Star Wars fan too and was one of those who were greatly disappointed by TLJ, infact thats a understatement. Lets just say i also have a story/idea of how TLJ could go, im thinking of buying some of those collectible figures cause they got good articulation so i can put them in different postures, all according to what situations they are in with how my story would unfold. I mainly want to get the Rey and Crait version of Luke Skywalker but that one isnt out till October of next year :( My main problem is getting motivated to do these things, i just put the game on and try working on some games to build up my gamer-score, which is pointless because its just a score.
+Mycroft Holmes You talk to yourself in your head? Lol most people do that. I actually talk openly to myself, i complain about the situations of how studios approach movies etc, and what they should be aiming to do. Now thats sad i can assure you, but it doesnt bother me cause its like my own little world, it helps me get things off my chest (if that even makes sense).
Me for 2 months already, just use internet to see UA-cam , other than that I don’t interact with people on social media , sleep during the day and up at night , I feel lonely but I think this will help in some way
He really was just bored 😐 . Honestly if they’re trying to prove what true loneliness and isolation from people is they should take a look at the people who have been in solitary confinement in prison for extended amounts of time. They would have much better proof and results of the effects of long term solitude on the human mind.
What most of you commenters fail to understand is that living like this for long periods of time can be devastating on your mental health, introvert or not, and not having social interaction even for introverts can lead to depression, and obsessive thinking, and suicide. Alienation is a real thing. We are social animals, and have social needs as a result.
There is a difference between solitude and loneliness. There is also a difference between social isolation and loneliness. I think this is a peak into a bit of social isolation and loneliness. Loneliness is the perception of social isolation and solitude is deliberate aloneness for the purpose of self-improvement and connection to yourself (which I personally need). I think belonging is the key. When we believe we belong to a group, to a friendship, to a partnership or to something bigger than ourselves, we are psychologically strengthened. Even if we are living with other people, but we perceive that we don't belong, it is still very lonely. I think the elderly widows and widowers who aren't tapped into a community where they belong can really struggle with both loneliness and social isolation. Solitude gets old when you don't belong to something and to someone. We all need both autonomy and belonging.
I wish I could get a week......I’ve spent years having no choice but to constantly be within 10 feet of another person....... I just want solitude.....when I am done with my contract, I aim to get an isolated cabin for a month to 6 weeks and have NO CONTACT. no internet, no phone, no movies, pictures or anything that could emulate company.....I have the money saved and about a year left..... Then I aim to try this, I want to find myself again even if I risk losing my mind. I don’t want to be the grouch I’ve become but I got to get away from everybody. Just me, and only me, no clock just a timer I can’t see but that will go off when it’s time to return to society, and someone to come get me if the time should exceed the limit by more than 5 days.
My advice about ending loneliness is to learn to cherish solitude and all the neato shit you can do. Remember that UA-cam videos don't judge your clothes, your finances, or anything else you don't want them to unless you want to watch one that is aimed at making you feel inferior. People, good and bad, are a goddamned time suck full of meh to say. High price to be bored so often to achieve the highly improbable goal of finding a relationship that isn't commerce in disguise or a consolation prize in countless other ways. Odds are you don't earn enough money to manage others' expectations either. It's all a money pit and your friends will not be there for you when you're homeless. Other homeless people will be there for you, but other homeless people will also take the last thing you have if it makes the molasses of time drip any fucking faster.
simple, get a pet, which disappoint less than humans. and show genuine unwavering affection straight from the gate. get online. reach out to family. go for a walk. go for coffee. read. stick your head out the window and say hello/wave/smile to the neighbors or passersby. Facebook was made for this, search old friends/schoolmates. actually, we can get on with less attention than we crave... just reporting the facts.
Cel phones & technology in general can be quite addictive. I believe it is easier for an introvert to be alone. Introverts are often depleted of their energy when with a lot of people & need to recharge by being alone. Extroverts on the other hand get their energy from others & feel depleted when alone for too long a time. Alone time is beneficial for everyone. It says something when a person does not enjoy their own company. We are time from early on to please & look for validation from others. I am a senior on disability. Not housebound thankfully. I do feel rather invisible at times & certainly underappreciated. My sons are busy with their growing families.One lives 45 minutes away & the other 3 hours away. I am considering moving to where the one who lives 3 yours away. My parents have passed, one sister lives in Canada still. Another moved a few years back & lives about 3 hours away. The other 2 are about a half hours drive from me. Having more time on my hands has actually being a blessing in many ways. I am an introvert (not antisocial which some people think it means) & so do enjoy a fair amount of solitude. I love to read & enjoy what some have well named, "You tube University". So much amazing content. I enjoy natural healing, Ted talks, spiritual growth videos, etc. I have to admit I would find it difficult to give up the internet. I am glad that more attention is being given to this important issue. Also good to remember to be compassionate to ourselves & others. May we all feel seen, appreciated & enjoy meaningful relationships. Blessings, Liliane
This is my dream every day after having to deal with costumers and guests I just want to be at home not knowing anything about anything jus me myself and I 🥳🥂 this video is overthinking the marvellous feeling of not having to talk to nobody, actually during the pandemic I spent 3 months at home the best time of my life 🥳🥳🥳 I hope I can get another quarantine so I can spend time at home without anyone!‼️ cheers 🍺
I could be alone and happy without technology and contact if I were in a cabin in the woods having things to do and mobility to take care of things: hunt, chop wood, etc. But cooped up in a flat for a week? CABIN FEVER!!!
Dude, you've obviously never done this before. It's so easy. The trick is to stay up for longer than 24 hours at a time. You don't do 24 hour days when you're alone. More like 36 hour days. Also you need an addicting hobby. Try playing video games or reading. Then staying up all week on your own becomes fun.
Being alone isn't loneliness! Loneliness isn't total isolation. People can feel lonely and depressed even when surrounded by real & regular people including family & friends who love us, with whom we may feel somehow & inexplicably unable, to share our innermost thoughts/feelings or to connect. Anyone can feel 'disconnected' or 'invisible' in a crowd. Totally agree with Raishinshi: this guy cannot live without technology.
0.50 “Having a sense of connection”, just shows, I feel, a massive societal problem WHEN humans have never been more interconnected around the entire ... how could it be that a person has trouble connecting to people or new friends ? The more technology I THINK we dump into the public domain like say Facebook or Instagram and having 24 hour access anytime you wish ? Well, I feel the deeper and deeper the problem becomes with more technology that actually does the opposite which is to isolate people. We have all been there too, any user of the internet, I’d unfortunately l believe we have all experienced this type of loneliness.
When one is alone, no one is there but oneself. Do people not find it astonishing that one's own company is not sufficient? Having to 'distract' oneself with crosswords and games only makes it worse but if one could sit, just sit in silence and breathe like in Zen (Zazen), one would come to understand many things, the end of suffering for one.
There are different interpretations of this video. Older adults are particularly vulnerable to the experience of social isolation and exclusion due to reduced social contacts and few social roles. Often they are the results of physical changes (sickness or disability) and life changes (loss of a partner). Loneliness and social isolation is often Related. Loneliness is not the same as being alone. People can feel lonely when they are with people. Loneliness is a distress feeling that people experience when they feel lacking satisfying social relationships. In this sense, loneliness is often detrimental to our well-being.
Recognise this. Am a free lance journalist who works from home. My parents are dead, a dear friend died of cancer and then my best friend also, much too young. My son lives in another country. Lonely as hell.
You´re saying this to the absolutly wrong person! Religion is the biggest con played on people. Totally ridiculous, and the "gods" would be the biggest most hateful bastards imagineable. Giving leukemia to children? What´s that about, Prince? Nothing points to any loving beings in the sky. Everything points to there being nothing. Humans have a need to give meaning to everything and believing they´ll be rewarded in a better place. But when you pull the plug you pull the plug. Sorry, but there it is.
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Young people get lonely too. It's just that it's expressed in different ways. I'd say young people more often feel lonely and experience it more deeply compared to the old. So I don't know why they focus exclusively on old people. That said, loneliness can affect people of any age. But I think loneliness is still very much stigmatised, except for oldies. When I did cleaning for old people, the old ladies who lived alone were super happy and they were often doing stuff every day. The old men were more depressed and didn't do that much at all. So maybe gender and socialization might have something to do with loneliness, I don't know.
Mycroft Holmes young people are at the developmental stage where friends are an important part of life. If they miss out on that, then they would feel lonely much more intensely than someone older.
Clearly going in without a plan. In order to be successful at being alone you have to keep yourself busy. Have a schedule and stick to it. I rather enjoy this life choice.
Man he didn't do this right! So he didn't buy any DVDs? He ain't got no books to read? Last time i checked you only need Wifi to pay against someone on XBox One or the PS4. Where are his games? Take it from me. I grew up spending most of my time in the house. I know how to do it right.
Everyone seems to be making fun of this project and missing the point, you might enjoy your time alone, but there are people out there who have no one, nothing except their own company and time. Suicide rates are continuing to increase.... why? Because we don’t connect like we used to, some people can be surrounded by people but still feel totally alone. Think of it this way, when you where a little kid making friends was so easy right, it just happened, as an adult if you make friends these people to still call “friends” but in honesty it’s not the same, everyone is flakey, couldn’t be bothered, or to busy on their phones to have a real face to face discussion! I hope this helps someone! Rant over. (Sorry about that)
Dear Curtis - Thank-you for your observations. Part of the reason behind The Loneliness Project video was to highlight the anguish suffered by people whose neighbours could notice they have few interactions, and help address their loneliness through making small moments of connection - perhaps just saying 'hello' or 'can I get you a newspaper or some milk, I've noticed you have not been out for a few days?', 'how are you feeling today?' or even 'I was just about to make a cup of tea, do you fancy one too?' ........ we know helping introverts is hard, but identifying and helping people who are lonely, or potentially lonely, and doing something about it is something we can all work on, not just the Campaign itself!
And many people are not even old but they are alone.
Ye like me
I think being alone maks you so calm and gives you new ideas
And after afew times it can be normal
I live the same way this guy lived for a week. Only I still work a lot. But no friends. Work and no one to talk to.
My family & I know a 90 year old man who has no family alive. We contact him on a regular basis & you would be surprised how much it means to him.
I' not at all surprised!
This is me for weeks, except that I use my phone. Internet is my only friend.
I would love to be their friend.
yeah I found that its so easy to do nothing but sit alone at home, theres this service to help combat loneliness from ageUK where you can call older people who don't see anyone and I've found it really helps both you and them www.ageuk.org.uk/health-wellbeing/loneliness/befriending-services/
Ben Shepherd-Barron
Thank you Sir.
But I am not from UK!
Do they accept foreigners?
AgainstAllOdds053 when you get older it gets worse, the less you do the easier it gets to do nothing which makes it worse
you do not have tot go to work? How are you earning money?
I have gone from very social to almost completely isolated the last few years. I use my phone and skype sometimes. But I truly enjoy being alone, much better than being with people. I still look sharp, dress sharp and can be very social if needed, though I prefer not to be. Guess I am just one of those that can truly live alone on the Moon for a year :D
Set up a talking bench in your village, hometown, label it and sit on it for people to come and talk to one another, we have one, it works
Dude, this is how I was raised. I was born alone.
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none of your parents evne showed up to your birth
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I have been deeply alone and feeling lonely for 7 years now. I keep reaching out no matter what the outcome. Keep reaching out - even to the person in line with you at the supermarket.
I become socially active just december last year after so many loses : a death of closest friend. Grandmas and grandpas.
Is there a club or something in your local area you could sign up to maybe? In the UK there's a website called MeetUp with different clubs, I've been to one x
This is my life and I am 32 years old. I am not looking forward to seeing how it is when I am older.
Any change ?
If this area of it hasn't changed, you will have become accustomed to it as you age. Perhaps this makes things better for you, perhaps not.
From what I gathered though, it sounds like he has people to go back to, friends, family, etc. So I think it's a big difference from people that don't have that at all vs. a person that knows that it's just temporary & when it's over he still has people in his life.
Exactly. It's completely different when you know you have to deal with loneliness on your own.
It is okay to be alone.
Being lonely is a different story.
this is me since i was 25 to now at 30. if i didnt have my job and lyft or video games. i would have no social life. i could see myself doing lots of drugs getting older
@Leg over Lass how are u doing now?
Any update?
this video should receive more likes for such a beautiful project, we all will become old, help people who suffers from loneliness is a very nice project. TOGETHER WE CAN END LONELINESS !!!
This does not shows how he cannot live without people, only that he can not live without technology,
A tv is technology. He is not using technology that allows him to interact with people.
Shut
A week without seeing or any contact with people "does not show how he cannot live without people". Hmm do you see the contradiction in what you said there. He didn't use his phone because he'll receive texts or missed calls from people. He didn't see or speak to anyone for a week, seriously where did you get that from?
@@kiragoe Well that doesn't go for everyone. I did this same test, no phone nothing. I personally didn't mind it. It was pretty is mostly because I hate people in general, and I find myself creating things out of paper, and daily work out. It feels better for me to be without people then with.
Riccy M ive been doing that for a decade. No phone calls, no texts (that weren’t work related), and certainly no friendships.
It’s doable.
I realized I probably wasn’t going to get any relationships, and it played out how I expected it to.
looks like heaven to me. I am extremely frustrated when I am with people for more than 3 days. I want to scream everybody get out, I need to be alone.
This was me when doing my degree at a top uni during exams. Most people doing PhD are like that as well.
Didn't you get burnt out?
very powerful, thank you. I run a charity Our Special Friends which is all about how important animal friends can be....a pet in the equation can be life saving/life enhancing, they help us to cope. Animals can be talked to, hugged and their very presence can be comforting. They are not the total solution but a very important part of it, and so often overlooked. Support is needed when life is tough for both human and animal welfare.
Hey , I have a lot of friends and connections who barely like each other. So sad to see your feelings. I touch your heart.😢
I've spent way too much time avoiding people because of my social anxiety. The meds don't help. After I lost someone I scheduled a vacation from work and just didn't want to be a part of anything. I didn't talk to anyone. I didn't leave home except once to buy groceries. I was depressed and didn't realize it because I wasn't able to cry. At least... not til I finally talked to someone about it. It all hit me at once and I was very scared and confused. I put more effort into having human contact now. It helps a lot with depression.
Good for you! Keep it up!
Losing someone you dear is really devastating. And it will seem that it is the end
Bro, try doing HIIT exercise every morning after you wake up for 10 minutes. It helped me reduce anxiety
Also hi! You are so brave for talking. I have that too and also social exclusion and bullying adds to it and I want to make videos about people connecting and relating * small talk to stop loneliness. Trust and forgiveness so we can be a community. Then if it's a woman the keeping yourself from getting grabbed when working in nightlife and street smarts. I stopped walking through dimly lit alleyways late night
Now you know it feels.....
How I feel
Welcome to my entire life. One week? Try months. Years. A decade. Longer. Obviously not totally alone 24/7 because of work/college, but I cant even remember the last time I got the chance to hang out with friends. Because all my real friends went to college out of state and I struggle to make and keep friends, I might get to see them for a week out of the entire year. Two if Im lucky.
How are things now man? I hope things do get better.
@@saeedelghaziri2385 Thanks for asking. These days I have a friend who I go to see at least once a week. There are still areas of my social life I definitely need improving on, like I'm still a total hot mess when it comes to dating and I don't recall ever getting any enjoyment out of it, which is a shame because I want to have a positive experience and fall in love with someone like anyone else, but things are getting better, bit by bit. I've had to overcome a whole lifetime of social anxiety, which I don't really have anymore, but because I had it for such a long time and didn't socialize much growing up like a normal person would, I often find myself having to learn or re-learn social norms and things like that.
3.07 I think it requires more than a little effort but rather, a tremendous amount of effort, if you want to be connected and engaged, it requires tremendous effort every day. What a very good video, thank you.
One week yeah try ten years!!!! I'm a 28 year old male and I was isolated almost twenty four hours a day because my Dad worked miles away and my family also lived miles away. I tried to make friends got treated like absolute shit, taken advantage of you name it. So yeah one week. Try doing it for years. I'm amazed I'm still here!
I could do this easily. This has been my life for more years than I care to admit, and I'm 25 now. I do use my phone and PlayStation often, but I could go with books and artwork instead. It makes no difference what I do, or don't do. I just wish I could spend time with people. I hope one day to have friends nearby :'(
I literally locked myself in my room for 3 months without talking to someone i didn't answer the phone or Facebook messages yes i played video games but offline i watched a lot of movies tv shows series Anime i read a lot of comics and mangas and to be honest i never felt more peaceful yes i felt lonely sometimes and i felt guilty for cutting off most of relations i had but at least i found myself i learned that i don't need someone to be happy all i need is my self
And what if you don't have video game to play and movies to watch
You will get true loneliness
You know who else is desperately lonely? The dogs & cats at the shelter. Volunteer - no matter your age - to visit with the lonely, abandoned animals. You will make human friends there, too - of the best possible sort. 🐾♥️
May I add that loneliness affects all ages. It can be due to disabilities physical mental health, loss of a job, moving home and so on. I'm 38 yrs old woman who suffers from loneliness due to agoraphobia and mental health illness.
3 years later this is everyone's reality. Who would have thought!
The pandemic is nothing. Give it a few months and everything will go back to normal. For others this is the day to day life for years and often they will never get out of their loneliness.
I understand that this would bother many people, but I can't really understand the why. I yearn to be alone and often find I can't truly enjoy the precious rare periods that I do get to be alone because I get too anxious thinking about how quickly it will end. Social interaction is horrible.
Clearly the individuals behind this film have no clue of what loneliness is.
I was born with no siblings, constantly moved so i never really made friends or at least kept them, and i only had my mother who worked nights and days... I've never been on parties or dates/irl relationships....
yes I can do this project easily... ii do it everyday... god i hate this
A week, try a month, nearly a year
As detailed in other comments the man in this movie experiences isolation not loneliness, isolation is removal from society to a place of seclusion, in itself not necessarily a bad thing. Loneliness, however, is a destructive removal of a person, often not of their own making, to a life lacking intimacy, friendship, support, and every other human interaction, often this void can be partially filled with a cat or a dog. The human condition is naturally gregarious and loneliness destroys the human spirit and life becomes no longer worth living. Call me old fashioned but these problems were not so prevalent till we had the break up of the extended family, we need to go back to this model ASAP
My life for the past few years. I just turned 60. I was dating almost weekly before that through the dating apps, but once I hit the magic number 60, nobody responds anymore. I wake up crying almost daily, and don't see any way out.
Easily, a week is nothing for me. I committed the Japanese act where you spend months inside and never go out mixing with anyone. I stayed in my room, on here and just playing video-games all night and slept all day, my body clock switched completely around.
You just immerse yourself in your own little world, i end up talking to myself, analyzing things, the only time you have to worry is if you start answering yourself back.
I embrace loneliness, the only problem for me from time to time is not having the physical contact of a woman, even just to hold, hug things like that.
Cause theres a specific term for it where large majority of young men do it out of sheer depression and practically giving up on society. Ive tried reading, my mind is based more in visual when it comes to stories. I try reading books and its hard to get into them. I could try comics though i guess.
But really my pet-project is buying some drawing models and trying to create my own story-version of the events that played out after Prometheus and before Covenant. I have a good story to tell there its just getting myself motivated to get started on some story-boards.
Im a big Star Wars fan too and was one of those who were greatly disappointed by TLJ, infact thats a understatement. Lets just say i also have a story/idea of how TLJ could go, im thinking of buying some of those collectible figures cause they got good articulation so i can put them in different postures, all according to what situations they are in with how my story would unfold.
I mainly want to get the Rey and Crait version of Luke Skywalker but that one isnt out till October of next year :(
My main problem is getting motivated to do these things, i just put the game on and try working on some games to build up my gamer-score, which is pointless because its just a score.
+Mycroft Holmes You talk to yourself in your head? Lol most people do that. I actually talk openly to myself, i complain about the situations of how studios approach movies etc, and what they should be aiming to do. Now thats sad i can assure you, but it doesnt bother me cause its like my own little world, it helps me get things off my chest (if that even makes sense).
@Block Chain Yes i think they did.
Me for 2 months already, just use internet to see UA-cam , other than that I don’t interact with people on social media , sleep during the day and up at night , I feel lonely but I think this will help in some way
He really was just bored 😐 . Honestly if they’re trying to prove what true loneliness and isolation from people is they should take a look at the people who have been in solitary confinement in prison for extended amounts of time. They would have much better proof and results of the effects of long term solitude on the human mind.
What most of you commenters fail to understand is that living like this for long periods of time can be devastating on your mental health, introvert or not, and not having social interaction even for introverts can lead to depression, and obsessive thinking, and suicide. Alienation is a real thing. We are social animals, and have social needs as a result.
There is a difference between solitude and loneliness. There is also a difference between social isolation and loneliness. I think this is a peak into a bit of social isolation and loneliness. Loneliness is the perception of social isolation and solitude is deliberate aloneness for the purpose of self-improvement and connection to yourself (which I personally need). I think belonging is the key. When we believe we belong to a group, to a friendship, to a partnership or to something bigger than ourselves, we are psychologically strengthened. Even if we are living with other people, but we perceive that we don't belong, it is still very lonely. I think the elderly widows and widowers who aren't tapped into a community where they belong can really struggle with both loneliness and social isolation. Solitude gets old when you don't belong to something and to someone. We all need both autonomy and belonging.
Been doing this for fucking years now mate apart from with a phone and people wonder why crazy shit happens when being isolated sends you mad
@Jamie PR please update me if you decide to do so itll be nice to hear from you again
I wish I could get a week......I’ve spent years having no choice but to constantly be within 10 feet of another person.......
I just want solitude.....when I am done with my contract, I aim to get an isolated cabin for a month to 6 weeks and have NO CONTACT. no internet, no phone, no movies, pictures or anything that could emulate company.....I have the money saved and about a year left.....
Then I aim to try this, I want to find myself again even if I risk losing my mind. I don’t want to be the grouch I’ve become but I got to get away from everybody. Just me, and only me, no clock just a timer I can’t see but that will go off when it’s time to return to society, and someone to come get me if the time should exceed the limit by more than 5 days.
My advice about ending loneliness is to learn to cherish solitude and all the neato shit you can do. Remember that UA-cam videos don't judge your clothes, your finances, or anything else you don't want them to unless you want to watch one that is aimed at making you feel inferior. People, good and bad, are a goddamned time suck full of meh to say. High price to be bored so often to achieve the highly improbable goal of finding a relationship that isn't commerce in disguise or a consolation prize in countless other ways. Odds are you don't earn enough money to manage others' expectations either. It's all a money pit and your friends will not be there for you when you're homeless. Other homeless people will be there for you, but other homeless people will also take the last thing you have if it makes the molasses of time drip any fucking faster.
simple, get a pet, which disappoint less than humans. and show genuine unwavering affection straight from the gate. get online. reach out to family. go for a walk. go for coffee. read. stick your head out the window and say hello/wave/smile to the neighbors or passersby. Facebook was made for this, search old friends/schoolmates. actually, we can get on with less attention than we crave... just reporting the facts.
This is a great time to stay alone, you have a plethora of entertainment choices. Two centuries ago you could only sit stare at the fireplace.
Cel phones & technology in general can be quite addictive. I believe it is easier for an introvert to be alone. Introverts are often depleted of their energy when with a lot of people & need to recharge by being alone. Extroverts on the other hand get their energy from others & feel depleted when alone for too long a time. Alone time is beneficial for everyone. It says something when a person does not enjoy their own company. We are time from early on to please & look for validation from others. I am a senior on disability. Not housebound thankfully. I do feel rather invisible at times & certainly underappreciated. My sons are busy with their growing families.One lives 45 minutes away & the other 3 hours away. I am considering moving to where the one who lives 3 yours away. My parents have passed, one sister lives in Canada still. Another moved a few years back & lives about 3 hours away. The other 2 are about a half hours drive from me. Having more time on my hands has actually being a blessing in many ways. I am an introvert (not antisocial which some people think it means) & so do enjoy a fair amount of solitude. I love to read & enjoy what some have well named, "You tube University". So much amazing content. I enjoy natural healing, Ted talks, spiritual growth videos, etc. I have to admit I would find it difficult to give up the internet. I am glad that more attention is being given to this important issue. Also good to remember to be compassionate to ourselves & others.
May we all feel seen, appreciated & enjoy meaningful relationships.
Blessings,
Liliane
This is my dream every day after having to deal with costumers and guests I just want to be at home not knowing anything about anything jus me myself and I 🥳🥂 this video is overthinking the marvellous feeling of not having to talk to nobody, actually during the pandemic I spent 3 months at home the best time of my life 🥳🥳🥳 I hope I can get another quarantine so I can spend time at home without anyone!‼️ cheers 🍺
I could be alone and happy without technology and contact if I were in a cabin in the woods having things to do and mobility to take care of things: hunt, chop wood, etc. But cooped up in a flat for a week? CABIN FEVER!!!
Yeah thats kinda the key to cope with loneliness and stay sane. Just find something to do.
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Dude, you've obviously never done this before. It's so easy.
The trick is to stay up for longer than 24 hours at a time. You don't do 24 hour days when you're alone. More like 36 hour days. Also you need an addicting hobby. Try playing video games or reading. Then staying up all week on your own becomes fun.
Then you get older and realize what a worthless loss of time it was...
this scares me a bit cos im like them.... and this is what caused my depression
Me and my brother went 1hr without WiFi yesterday. I thought I might die. What is the world becoming smh I’m so dependent on connection
Miss-titled this is isolation...not kinkiness. Loneliness is feeling alone in a crowd.
Being isolated cause loneliness. Feeling alone in a crowd is also loneliness.
PREACH
The name of the soundtrack please
Being alone isn't loneliness! Loneliness isn't total isolation. People can feel lonely and depressed even when surrounded by real & regular people including family & friends who love us, with whom we may feel somehow & inexplicably unable, to share our innermost thoughts/feelings or to connect. Anyone can feel 'disconnected' or 'invisible' in a crowd. Totally agree with Raishinshi: this guy cannot live without technology.
0.50 “Having a sense of connection”, just shows, I feel, a massive societal problem WHEN humans have never been more interconnected around the entire ... how could it be that a person has trouble connecting to people or new friends ? The more technology I THINK we dump into the public domain like say Facebook or Instagram and having 24 hour access anytime you wish ? Well, I feel the deeper and deeper the problem becomes with more technology that actually does the opposite which is to isolate people. We have all been there too, any user of the internet, I’d unfortunately l believe we have all experienced this type of loneliness.
When one is alone, no one is there but oneself. Do people not find it astonishing that one's own company is not sufficient? Having to 'distract' oneself with crosswords and games only makes it worse but if one could sit, just sit in silence and breathe like in Zen (Zazen), one would come to understand many things, the end of suffering for one.
There are different interpretations of this video. Older adults are particularly vulnerable to the experience of social
isolation and exclusion due to reduced social contacts and few social roles. Often they are the results of physical
changes (sickness or disability) and life changes (loss of a partner). Loneliness and social isolation is often
Related. Loneliness is not the same as being alone. People can feel lonely when they are with people. Loneliness is a distress feeling that people experience when they feel lacking satisfying social relationships. In this sense,
loneliness is often detrimental to our well-being.
wow tu good video
I always travel to live loneliness for awhile. stay alone in a house. That's so quite. Sometimes good Sometimes scary but still good 😅🤚🏽
damn, i would try this, but i gotta be at work and i wouldn't waste my vacation doing this
Coming up on day 500 in a few. I hate my life
I am a bipolar recovered guy. Still on medications. Doing PhD in a far away city. My mom is lonely! I am lonely too.
Recognise this. Am a free lance journalist who works from home. My parents are dead, a dear friend died of cancer and then my best friend also, much too young. My son lives in another country. Lonely as hell.
read your bible and illustration and a new light into darkness will open for you
Bless
You´re saying this to the absolutly wrong person! Religion is the biggest con played on people. Totally ridiculous, and the "gods" would be the biggest most hateful bastards imagineable. Giving leukemia to children? What´s that about, Prince? Nothing points to any loving beings in the sky. Everything points to there being nothing. Humans have a need to give meaning to everything and believing they´ll be rewarded in a better place. But when you pull the plug you pull the plug. Sorry, but there it is.
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Young people get lonely too. It's just that it's expressed in different ways. I'd say young people more often feel lonely and experience it more deeply compared to the old. So I don't know why they focus exclusively on old people. That said, loneliness can affect people of any age. But I think loneliness is still very much stigmatised, except for oldies.
When I did cleaning for old people, the old ladies who lived alone were super happy and they were often doing stuff every day. The old men were more depressed and didn't do that much at all. So maybe gender and socialization might have something to do with loneliness, I don't know.
Mycroft Holmes young people are at the developmental stage where friends are an important part of life. If they miss out on that, then they would feel lonely much more intensely than someone older.
Start writing about it
Meanwhile, mothers everywhere dream of this kind of vacation
Clearly going in without a plan. In order to be successful at being alone you have to keep yourself busy. Have a schedule and stick to it. I rather enjoy this life choice.
I can handle this. I can read Bible the whole time.
Man he didn't do this right! So he didn't buy any DVDs? He ain't got no books to read? Last time i checked you only need Wifi to pay against someone on XBox One or the PS4. Where are his games? Take it from me. I grew up spending most of my time in the house. I know how to do it right.
Literally me, my parents don't even like me
No phone....
What is he recording the video on?
a video camera? lol
This idea might be a bit out there, but; A video camera?..?
You wee baby you havent even faced the void yet
get yourself any console and any rpg, sorted.
Everyone seems to be making fun of this project and missing the point, you might enjoy your time alone, but there are people out there who have no one, nothing except their own company and time. Suicide rates are continuing to increase.... why? Because we don’t connect like we used to, some people can be surrounded by people but still feel totally alone.
Think of it this way, when you where a little kid making friends was so easy right, it just happened, as an adult if you make friends these people to still call “friends” but in honesty it’s not the same, everyone is flakey, couldn’t be bothered, or to busy on their phones to have a real face to face discussion!
I hope this helps someone!
Rant over. (Sorry about that)
Exactly.I feel like I'm depressed because of loneliness
Im lowly
1 week without dumb people sounds fun
do it then you attention seeker...
you'll never get away from yourself ;-)
Yeah
Everyone should join the friend app called Patook!
From the mannerisms, he's not a man.
oh i go momths
lol
welcome to the 90's? and everything before that.
Leaving alone is not that hard... so many thigs to do by yourself.
nah......
I'm quite extroverted. Don't get this at all. (And yes I've been through hardships in life, so it's not from a lack of bad experiences)
even if it was, what kind of fucknut thinks your life is less valid because you haven't had shitty experiences?
no work ,no art , nothing ? wtf
This has been me for 21 years. Stop being a baby.
This ain't shit try being alone most of your damn life
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Dear Curtis - Thank-you for your observations. Part of the reason behind The Loneliness Project video was to highlight the anguish suffered by people whose neighbours could notice they have few interactions, and help address their loneliness through making small moments of connection - perhaps just saying 'hello' or 'can I get you a newspaper or some milk, I've noticed you have not been out for a few days?', 'how are you feeling today?' or even 'I was just about to make a cup of tea, do you fancy one too?' ........ we know helping introverts is hard, but identifying and helping people who are lonely, or potentially lonely, and doing something about it is something we can all work on, not just the Campaign itself!