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Schedule Yourself Some Alone Time – Lifehacker Australia
There’s a name for the feeling of sadness we get if we spend too much time alone: we are lonely. But what about the negative feelings that can come from not spending…
Theres a name for the feeling of sadness we get if we spend too much time alone: we are lonely. But what about the negative feelings that can come from not spending enough time alone?
A team of psychologists, led by Robert Coplan at Carleton University, has proposed a name for that: alonely. As in, the opposite of lonely. We need to balance our alone time with our social time, and the right balance is probably different for everybody. This may be a more helpful framework for understanding our needs…
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