This generally accords with my own understanding of why people feel lonely. Although I might not have chosen to put the emphasis on decision making and choice, it’s definitely about being confused and thinking you are apart from others or disconnected from them in ways you are not, and that shows up in making decisions, so it’s going to be where it’s easier to see loneliness being created from the outside.
Thank you for the insightful and constructive comment!
For me, it’s mostly the other way around. Loneliness is an outward manifestation of a fundamental decision-making problem. It’s in large part a longing for the structure that other people can provide. I suspect that this accounts for the “all methods of therapy are about equally effective” phenomenon. They all help us make decisions, give us some structure and sense of direction. I wonder if there are any modalities that are directly focused on giving people the ability to make decisions more easily.
This generally accords with my own understanding of why people feel lonely. Although I might not have chosen to put the emphasis on decision making and choice, it’s definitely about being confused and thinking you are apart from others or disconnected from them in ways you are not, and that shows up in making decisions, so it’s going to be where it’s easier to see loneliness being created from the outside.
Thank you for the insightful and constructive comment!
For me, it’s mostly the other way around. Loneliness is an outward manifestation of a fundamental decision-making problem. It’s in large part a longing for the structure that other people can provide. I suspect that this accounts for the “all methods of therapy are about equally effective” phenomenon. They all help us make decisions, give us some structure and sense of direction. I wonder if there are any modalities that are directly focused on giving people the ability to make decisions more easily.