Solitude is the lack of contact with people. Solitude has positive and negative effects on people.
Solitude is the pleasure of being alone. It allows people to focus and make good decisions.[1] Solitude allows people to think deeply and to pray.Prayer in solitude gives many people a sense of peace.[2]
Manywriters,musicians, andartists create in solitude. Songwriters andpoets often write about solitude.Poetry gives comfort to people who feel alone.[3] Poems give positive perspectives on being alone.[3]Shakespeare,Samuel Taylor Coleridge,Octavio Paz,Giannina Braschi,Donald Hall, andAnne Sexton wrote poems about solitude.Philosophers who encouraged solitude include Lao Tzu,Friedrich Nietzsche,Ralph Waldo Emerson, andVirginia Woolf. Woolf wrote a famous essay called "A Room of One's Own" about writing in solitude and privacy.[4] and privacy.
Too much solitude can cause feelings ofloneliness.Social isolation creates health problems, such asdementia,depression,anxiety, andsuicide.[5] People who suffer from chronic loneliness can get help from medical professionals, including doctors,psychologists, and spiritual leaders.[6][7]
Poetry offers solace for the lonely and a positive perspective on being alone.
