Alone Time and Loneliness (11-07-23)
Danvers and colleagues looked into the relationship between spending time alone and feeling lonely. They learned that “spending more than 75% of time alone was associated with much higher loneliness scores. . . . people who spend very much or very little of their time surrounded by others tend to report the greatest loneliness. . . . loneliness is particularly high among people who spend a very high proportion of their time alone (more than approximately 75% of their waking hours).