Loneliness During The Holidays

Curious thing is it not. It is the holiday time full of good cheer. Unfortunately many people are going into, or are already in, a period of extreme loneliness and isolation.

We know this. The holidays make a lot of people seriously depressed. Older people remember the husband or wife who died around this time. Somebody thinks about a parent who died around this time of year.

Somehow we need to lessen that sense of loneliness. It is pervasive in our culture. Isolation is a desirable thing from a corporate point of view, from a consumerist culture point of view. The more isolated we are, the more dependent on all of the material objects that temporarily allay loneliness.

We know this. Its all a drag. But somehow we need to reach out a little bit.

Live Science: Healthy But Lonely People Head to Hospital During Holidays

She saw this loneliness overwhelmingly in elderly patients, but it can appear among younger people as well, though the causes are often different.