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Loneliness – the unseen inner suffering | Daily Express Online - Sabah's Leading News Portal


Published on: Sunday, December 13, 2020
By: Rev Dr Peter Abas
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ONE of the four essential themes on loneliness is a state of emotional pain. This essential theme of a state of emotional pain is fully explained through a feeling of sadness, a feeling of hurt and a feeling of inner suffering. As Josephine describes, “My heart is still longing for him (her late husband). Loneliness is sad and emotionally unpleasant.”
A feeling of sadness. Participants in this study repeatedly stated that many of their lonely times included times of sadness as well. “Feelings of sadness” is a phrase that has never been used in the UCLA Loneliness scale. Rather, it is reported in this way: “I am unhappy being so withdrawn.” For the purpose of this study, I am assuming that the UCLA concept of  “unhappiness” is equivalent to the sadness, observed in the participants in this study.  ....

Peter Abas , Rev Dr Peter , பீட்டர் அபா , ரெவ் டாக்டர் பீட்டர் ,