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Lonely: Learning to Live with Solitude
Paperback
Biographies GeneralMental HealthSelf-Help
Publisher Price: $14.99
ISBN13: 9780061765100
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: Jan 18 2011
Pages: 352
Weight: 0.60
Height: 0.89 Width: 5.34 Depth: 8.10
Language: English
A groundbreaking exploration of chronic loneliness, uncovering the biological roots and hidden toll of an unspoken condition.
In a boldly honest and elegantly written memoir--the first on this topic--Emily White reveals the painful and sometimes debilitating experience of living with chronic loneliness.
Drawing on extensive interviews and clinical research, White traces how prolonged isolation alters physical health, sleep, and the mind's perception of everyday threat.
The memoir examines the profound divide between transient solitude and an enduring state that quietly unravels social ties.
In the vein of popular favorites such as Girl, Interrupted and Manic, Lonely approaches loneliness in the way that Andrew Soloman's The Noonday Demon approached depression, and lifts the veil on a mostly ignored population who often suffer their disorder in silence.
- Evidence-Based Research: Unpacks landmark findings from neuroscientists like Dr. John Cacioppo, revealing how loneliness elevates total peripheral resistance, disrupts sleep, and compromises immune defenses.
- Human Evolution: Explains how the ancient evolutionary drive to stay safely within a group misfires in the modern world, triggering deep-seated social withdrawal and perceived threat instead of connection.
- Sociology: Details the demographic transformation toward single-person households and the fraying of core discussion networks, exposing how contemporary culture deepens isolation.
- Case Studies: Features candid interviews with men and women across North America who navigate the silent stigma and daily reality of long-term loneliness.
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