Are the feelings of being lonely and unvalidated so similar that we mistake them for each other?

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Jaded Sage
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Are the feelings of being lonely and unvalidated so similar that we mistake them for each other?

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There is a solution that ought to solve one unquestionably, but not necesarily solve the other. Hear me out. Books. Hear me out. The conversation is always fascinating. You always get to pick what to talk about. In special instances, the dissolution of loneliness even remains forever after the book is over. You get to have the funnest convo parter there is, and if you pick the right books, you get them forever. This also applies to TV, Music & Movies, but usually they do not come with potential lifetime companionship.

This solves loneliness, as there is always someone to talk to about the most interesting and stuff. You must understand that when reading, you are with another person, talking to another person. However, it does not solve validation, at least not usually, or the problem of self-actualization, at least not usually.

So that is the beginning of solving the problem: identifying it. If you read the most incredible books and still feel bad, then you are not experiencing the feeling of being lonely, but the feeling of being unvalidated.

Go forth, and sin no more (by thinking you are lonely when you are not).
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