Nuns’ experiences of solitude reflect modern urban loneliness
What 17th-century nuns can teach us about coping with loneliness, a not-so-modern epidemic
Is loneliness a modern epidemic as we are so often told? Did people in the past suffer similar feelings of isolation?
The word “loneliness” was not common before the 19th century but this does not mean people didn’t feel alone.
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