Loneliness vs Being Alone
We have all heard the expression being alone in a crowd. But I do not think that it applies to loneliness as many would have it. You can be alone in a crowd yet yet not feel the desolate feeling of loneliness. Maybe you are lone because you just do not fit in - you are apart from the others and that is the way you want it.
Loneliness comes when you are apart from other people but you want to belong - you want to be part of the crowd. The feeling of loneliness can occur when you are physically alone and you want someone near, or when you are in a crowd of people you do not identify with.
Loneliness is defined as being dejected by the awareness of being alone. Alone is defined as being apart from others; solitary.
