A solitude is not loneliness. It is a positive state of being alone, but not lonely. Many people get confused with the words solitude and loneliness, and thought of them as the same meaning. Loneliness is a negative state, the desire for human contact and social interaction. Solitude requires a person engage in own thoughts, feelings, and experiences. It’s a quiet place, away from other people, where we can reflect our daily life or experiences. You can find solitude in a lot of places. I like to sit in my bedroom alone with a book; it’s the way I prefer to enjoy solitude. Others may have different ways to enjoy solitude. “Solitude: A Return to the Self” a book by Anthony Storr explains the importance of the need to be alone.
According to the book, the psychologists believe that time alone is the most important and basic…show more content… According to the survey by the Kaiser family foundation, the age between 8-18 years old spend an average of 53 hours per week using electronics and because some of that time includes several electronics at once, they actually manage to cram 10 hours and 45 minutes worth of media into the 7 hours, 38 minutes actually spent per day. In contrast, they spent less than six and a half hours using electronics five years ago. This explains that phones are used more than actual face to face conversations. It’s more than any other method through which to communicate and socialize. Texting has dramatically increase over the past years. Many cell phone carriers offer plans that contain limited texting. According to the pew research center and American life American Life Project found that 72 percent of American adults aged 18 and older send and receive text messages in May 2010, up from 65 percent in September 2009. Meanwhile, 87 percent of teenage cellphone users aged 12 to 17 send texts, averaging 50 messages a day, five times more than the average 10 text messages sent and received by adults per
