What's the difference between loneliness and solitude.

How content you are

>>17470695
one is egosyntonic, one is egodystonic

speaking in normal language - you like one, while the other one gives you pain

>>17470695

Solitude is when there is not another person physically around you.

Loneliness is when you feel a dearth of human contact.

You can be in a place by yourself and still not feel like you're lacking in human connections.

Likewise, you can be surrounded by people and still feel like you have a painful lack of fulfilling connections.

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>>17470695
One happens even when there are people around.