Loneliness in this season strange yet possible

Christmas is said to be a time for connecting with friends, family and having fun. But it can also be time of loneliness. Indeed, the results of a 2018 survey looking at loneliness during Christmas time in the UK revealed that 17% of people felt more lonely over the festive period.

Loneliness is a subjective emotion, where we feel our social relationships are insufficient, particularly when compared to our peers. Christmas, with its images and expectations of gift-giving, socialising and excess can often be a time when our own relationships or connections are put under the spotlight. This can lead to feelings of inadequacy if the period doesn’t match up to perceived ideas of what our lives should look like
Social media has made us of more introvert's looking at the level of my relationship with those acquitted to me has changed all the busyness , loneliness can change with time we can rise from this
Loneliness it's not based on the number of people in your circle but it's the nature and contest communication that build up through out the year a room can be full of people but it can be a strange place .

Some research shows that young people age 18 to 25 are as, if not more, likely to be as lonely as older people. In most societies loneliness resembles a U-shaped curve with high scores in adolescence, a decline through middle age and then a rise again in old age.

Woman with champagne looking at Zoom of family on laptop.
Feeling like everyone else is having fun without you can exacerbate feelings of loneliness. Shutterstock/AMJ Fotografia
Young adulthood is often perceived to be a time when people have an active social life as well as an ability to make friends easily. This can exacerbate the social pressures on some young people and their feelings of loneliness – particularly if they think they have less friends than their peers.

As a result, they may find it harder to admit to feeling lonely – especially at Christmas – and may feel worse about themselves as a result.

Young adulthood is also a period when various life transitions take place that are known to trigger loneliness – such as moving to a new educational institution, starting employment, moving out of the parental home, or having children.

Research has c shown that being a carer can lead to loneliness. Caring responsibilities can reduce time for maintaining social connections with friends, work colleagues and other family members. Carers UK, a national charity that supports unpaid carers, reports that eight out of ten carers have felt lonely or isolated as a result of caring and that most don’t feel able to talk about this with their friends.

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We need to know you are never alone
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God is with us

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• 21 Dec, 2023
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