My family & I know a 90 year old man who has no family alive. We contact him on a regular basis & you would be surprised how much it means to him.

And many people are not even old but they are alone.

This is me for weeks, except that I use my phone. Internet is my only friend. I would love to be their friend.

Dude, this is how I was raised. I was born alone.

I have been deeply alone and feeling lonely for 7 years now. I keep reaching out no matter what the outcome. Keep reaching out - even to the person in line with you at the supermarket.

This is my life and I am 32 years old. I am not looking forward to seeing how it is when I am older.

It is okay to be alone. Being lonely is a different story.

This does not shows how he cannot live without people, only that he can not live without technology,

I live the same way this guy lived for a week. Only I still work a lot. But no friends. Work and no one to talk to.

this is me since i was 25 to now at 30. if i didnt have my job and lyft or video games. i would have no social life. i could see myself doing lots of drugs getting older

Set up a talking bench in your village, hometown, label it and sit on it for people to come and talk to one another, we have one, it works

Now you know it feels..... How I feel

From what I gathered though, it sounds like he has people to go back to, friends, family, etc. So I think it's a big difference from people that don't have that at all vs. a person that knows that it's just temporary & when it's over he still has people in his life.

This was me when doing my degree at a top uni during exams. Most people doing PhD are like that as well.

I have an issue with this so called project. Being alone is NOT the same as being lonely. Trust me on that. This guy has been asked to spend an entire week by himself with no phone, tablet or other devices. He does however have access to books, TV, puzzles, and games from what I can tell from this short clip. After just a week of not having his phone, not seeing his friends, and spending time in a very light situation of solitude this guy almost loses his shit. What kind of functioning adult has a reaction like that? Loneliness is a very serious problem for a lot of people and I feel this project removes the focus from that very real issue for a lot of people. It suggests that loneliness is caused by not being connected to the world; well let me tell you something, loneliness, real loneliness happens when you're completely connected to the modern world, when you're a fully functioning adult yet you go unnoticed and under appreciated. When nothing you do seems to matter, thats when loneliness creeps its way into your life. This guy, in this video, has no real concept of what loneliness is.

looks like heaven to me. I am extremely frustrated when I am with people for more than 3 days. I want to scream everybody get out, I need to be alone.

Welcome to my entire life. One week? Try months. Years. A decade. Longer. Obviously not totally alone 24/7 because of work/college, but I cant even remember the last time I got the chance to hang out with friends. Because all my real friends went to college out of state and I struggle to make and keep friends, I might get to see them for a week out of the entire year. Two if Im lucky.

very powerful, thank you. I run a charity Our Special Friends which is all about how important animal friends can be....a pet in the equation can be life saving/life enhancing, they help us to cope. Animals can be talked to, hugged and their very presence can be comforting. They are not the total solution but a very important part of it, and so often overlooked. Support is needed when life is tough for both human and animal welfare.

this video should receive more likes for such a beautiful project, we all will become old, help people who suffers from loneliness is a very nice project. TOGETHER WE CAN END LONELINESS !!!

I've spent way too much time avoiding people because of my social anxiety. The meds don't help. After I lost someone I scheduled a vacation from work and just didn't want to be a part of anything. I didn't talk to anyone. I didn't leave home except once to buy groceries. I was depressed and didn't realize it because I wasn't able to cry. At least... not til I finally talked to someone about it. It all hit me at once and I was very scared and confused. I put more effort into having human contact now. It helps a lot with depression.

Hey , I have a lot of friends and connections who barely like each other. So sad to see your feelings. I touch your heart.😢

3.07 I think it requires more than a little effort but rather, a tremendous amount of effort, if you want to be connected and engaged, it requires tremendous effort every day. What a very good video, thank you.

I could do this easily. This has been my life for more years than I care to admit, and I'm 25 now. I do use my phone and PlayStation often, but I could go with books and artwork instead. It makes no difference what I do, or don't do. I just wish I could spend time with people. I hope one day to have friends nearby :'(

Im like this everyday for the past 20 25 years 😢😢💔💔😩

He really was just bored 😐 . Honestly if they’re trying to prove what true loneliness and isolation from people is they should take a look at the people who have been in solitary confinement in prison for extended amounts of time. They would have much better proof and results of the effects of long term solitude on the human mind.

A week, try a month, nearly a year

You know who else is desperately lonely? The dogs & cats at the shelter. Volunteer - no matter your age - to visit with the lonely, abandoned animals. You will make human friends there, too - of the best possible sort. 🐾♥️

I understand that this would bother many people, but I can't really understand the why. I yearn to be alone and often find I can't truly enjoy the precious rare periods that I do get to be alone because I get too anxious thinking about how quickly it will end. Social interaction is horrible.

This is my dream every day after having to deal with costumers and guests I just want to be at home not knowing anything about anything jus me myself and I 🥳🥂 this video is overthinking the marvellous feeling of not having to talk to nobody, actually during the pandemic I spent 3 months at home the best time of my life 🥳🥳🥳 I hope I can get another quarantine so I can spend time at home without anyone!‼️ cheers 🍺

One week yeah try ten years!!!! I'm a 28 year old male and I was isolated almost twenty four hours a day because my Dad worked miles away and my family also lived miles away. I tried to make friends got treated like absolute shit, taken advantage of you name it. So yeah one week. Try doing it for years. I'm amazed I'm still here!

I literally locked myself in my room for 3 months without talking to someone i didn't answer the phone or Facebook messages yes i played video games but offline i watched a lot of movies tv shows series Anime i read a lot of comics and mangas and to be honest i never felt more peaceful yes i felt lonely sometimes and i felt guilty for cutting off most of relations i had but at least i found myself i learned that i don't need someone to be happy all i need is my self

As detailed in other comments the man in this movie experiences isolation not loneliness, isolation is removal from society to a place of seclusion, in itself not necessarily a bad thing. Loneliness, however, is a destructive removal of a person, often not of their own making, to a life lacking intimacy, friendship, support, and every other human interaction, often this void can be partially filled with a cat or a dog. The human condition is naturally gregarious and loneliness destroys the human spirit and life becomes no longer worth living. Call me old fashioned but these problems were not so prevalent till we had the break up of the extended family, we need to go back to this model ASAP

I was born with no siblings, constantly moved so i never really made friends or at least kept them, and i only had my mother who worked nights and days... I've never been on parties or dates/irl relationships.... yes I can do this project easily... ii do it everyday... god i hate this

I could be alone and happy without technology and contact if I were in a cabin in the woods having things to do and mobility to take care of things: hunt, chop wood, etc. But cooped up in a flat for a week? CABIN FEVER!!!

This is a great time to stay alone, you have a plethora of entertainment choices. Two centuries ago you could only sit stare at the fireplace.

What most of you commenters fail to understand is that living like this for long periods of time can be devastating on your mental health, introvert or not, and not having social interaction even for introverts can lead to depression, and obsessive thinking, and suicide. Alienation is a real thing. We are social animals, and have social needs as a result.

Me for 2 months already, just use internet to see KZfaq , other than that I don’t interact with people on social media , sleep during the day and up at night , I feel lonely but I think this will help in some way

Dude, you've obviously never done this before. It's so easy. The trick is to stay up for longer than 24 hours at a time. You don't do 24 hour days when you're alone. More like 36 hour days. Also you need an addicting hobby. Try playing video games or reading. Then staying up all week on your own becomes fun.

May I add that loneliness affects all ages. It can be due to disabilities physical mental health, loss of a job, moving home and so on. I'm 38 yrs old woman who suffers from loneliness due to agoraphobia and mental health illness.

My life for the past few years. I just turned 60. I was dating almost weekly before that through the dating apps, but once I hit the magic number 60, nobody responds anymore. I wake up crying almost daily, and don't see any way out.

Cel phones & technology in general can be quite addictive. I believe it is easier for an introvert to be alone. Introverts are often depleted of their energy when with a lot of people & need to recharge by being alone. Extroverts on the other hand get their energy from others & feel depleted when alone for too long a time. Alone time is beneficial for everyone. It says something when a person does not enjoy their own company. We are time from early on to please & look for validation from others. I am a senior on disability. Not housebound thankfully. I do feel rather invisible at times & certainly underappreciated. My sons are busy with their growing families.One lives 45 minutes away & the other 3 hours away. I am considering moving to where the one who lives 3 yours away. My parents have passed, one sister lives in Canada still. Another moved a few years back & lives about 3 hours away. The other 2 are about a half hours drive from me. Having more time on my hands has actually being a blessing in many ways. I am an introvert (not antisocial which some people think it means) & so do enjoy a fair amount of solitude. I love to read & enjoy what some have well named, "You tube University". So much amazing content. I enjoy natural healing, Ted talks, spiritual growth videos, etc. I have to admit I would find it difficult to give up the internet. I am glad that more attention is being given to this important issue. Also good to remember to be compassionate to ourselves & others. May we all feel seen, appreciated & enjoy meaningful relationships. Blessings, Liliane

My advice about ending loneliness is to learn to cherish solitude and all the neato shit you can do. Remember that KZfaq videos don't judge your clothes, your finances, or anything else you don't want them to unless you want to watch one that is aimed at making you feel inferior. People, good and bad, are a goddamned time suck full of meh to say. High price to be bored so often to achieve the highly improbable goal of finding a relationship that isn't commerce in disguise or a consolation prize in countless other ways. Odds are you don't earn enough money to manage others' expectations either. It's all a money pit and your friends will not be there for you when you're homeless. Other homeless people will be there for you, but other homeless people will also take the last thing you have if it makes the molasses of time drip any fucking faster.

this scares me a bit cos im like them.... and this is what caused my depression

simple, get a pet, which disappoint less than humans. and show genuine unwavering affection straight from the gate. get online. reach out to family. go for a walk. go for coffee. read. stick your head out the window and say hello/wave/smile to the neighbors or passersby. Facebook was made for this, search old friends/schoolmates. actually, we can get on with less attention than we crave... just reporting the facts.

Me and my brother went 1hr without WiFi yesterday. I thought I might die. What is the world becoming smh I’m so dependent on connection

There is a difference between solitude and loneliness. There is also a difference between social isolation and loneliness. I think this is a peak into a bit of social isolation and loneliness. Loneliness is the perception of social isolation and solitude is deliberate aloneness for the purpose of self-improvement and connection to yourself (which I personally need). I think belonging is the key. When we believe we belong to a group, to a friendship, to a partnership or to something bigger than ourselves, we are psychologically strengthened. Even if we are living with other people, but we perceive that we don't belong, it is still very lonely. I think the elderly widows and widowers who aren't tapped into a community where they belong can really struggle with both loneliness and social isolation. Solitude gets old when you don't belong to something and to someone. We all need both autonomy and belonging.

damn, i would try this, but i gotta be at work and i wouldn't waste my vacation doing this

I wish I could get a week......I’ve spent years having no choice but to constantly be within 10 feet of another person....... I just want solitude.....when I am done with my contract, I aim to get an isolated cabin for a month to 6 weeks and have NO CONTACT. no internet, no phone, no movies, pictures or anything that could emulate company.....I have the money saved and about a year left..... Then I aim to try this, I want to find myself again even if I risk losing my mind. I don’t want to be the grouch I’ve become but I got to get away from everybody. Just me, and only me, no clock just a timer I can’t see but that will go off when it’s time to return to society, and someone to come get me if the time should exceed the limit by more than 5 days.

Been doing this for fucking years now mate apart from with a phone and people wonder why crazy shit happens when being isolated sends you mad

The name of the soundtrack please

Miss-titled this is isolation...not kinkiness. Loneliness is feeling alone in a crowd.

Easily, a week is nothing for me. I committed the Japanese act where you spend months inside and never go out mixing with anyone. I stayed in my room, on here and just playing video-games all night and slept all day, my body clock switched completely around. You just immerse yourself in your own little world, i end up talking to myself, analyzing things, the only time you have to worry is if you start answering yourself back. I embrace loneliness, the only problem for me from time to time is not having the physical contact of a woman, even just to hold, hug things like that.

Everyone seems to be making fun of this project and missing the point, you might enjoy your time alone, but there are people out there who have no one, nothing except their own company and time. Suicide rates are continuing to increase.... why? Because we don’t connect like we used to, some people can be surrounded by people but still feel totally alone. Think of it this way, when you where a little kid making friends was so easy right, it just happened, as an adult if you make friends these people to still call “friends” but in honesty it’s not the same, everyone is flakey, couldn’t be bothered, or to busy on their phones to have a real face to face discussion! I hope this helps someone! Rant over. (Sorry about that)

0.50 “Having a sense of connection”, just shows, I feel, a massive societal problem WHEN humans have never been more interconnected around the entire ... how could it be that a person has trouble connecting to people or new friends ? The more technology I THINK we dump into the public domain like say Facebook or Instagram and having 24 hour access anytime you wish ? Well, I feel the deeper and deeper the problem becomes with more technology that actually does the opposite which is to isolate people. We have all been there too, any user of the internet, I’d unfortunately l believe we have all experienced this type of loneliness.

3 years later this is everyone's reality. Who would have thought!

wow tu good video

When one is alone, no one is there but oneself. Do people not find it astonishing that one's own company is not sufficient? Having to 'distract' oneself with crosswords and games only makes it worse but if one could sit, just sit in silence and breathe like in Zen (Zazen), one would come to understand many things, the end of suffering for one.

Being alone isn't loneliness! Loneliness isn't total isolation. People can feel lonely and depressed even when surrounded by real & regular people including family & friends who love us, with whom we may feel somehow & inexplicably unable, to share our innermost thoughts/feelings or to connect. Anyone can feel 'disconnected' or 'invisible' in a crowd. Totally agree with Raishinshi: this guy cannot live without technology.

Coming up on day 500 in a few. I hate my life

May I participate?

I can handle this. I can read Bible the whole time.

Meanwhile, mothers everywhere dream of this kind of vacation

There are different interpretations of this video. Older adults are particularly vulnerable to the experience of social isolation and exclusion due to reduced social contacts and few social roles. Often they are the results of physical changes (sickness or disability) and life changes (loss of a partner). Loneliness and social isolation is often Related. Loneliness is not the same as being alone. People can feel lonely when they are with people. Loneliness is a distress feeling that people experience when they feel lacking satisfying social relationships. In this sense, loneliness is often detrimental to our well-being.

I am a bipolar recovered guy. Still on medications. Doing PhD in a far away city. My mom is lonely! I am lonely too.

Clearly the individuals behind this film have no clue of what loneliness is.

Man he didn't do this right! So he didn't buy any DVDs? He ain't got no books to read? Last time i checked you only need Wifi to pay against someone on XBox One or the PS4. Where are his games? Take it from me. I grew up spending most of my time in the house. I know how to do it right.

Literally me, my parents don't even like me

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get yourself any console and any rpg, sorted.

You wee baby you havent even faced the void yet

Clearly going in without a plan. In order to be successful at being alone you have to keep yourself busy. Have a schedule and stick to it. I rather enjoy this life choice.

Young people get lonely too. It's just that it's expressed in different ways. I'd say young people more often feel lonely and experience it more deeply compared to the old. So I don't know why they focus exclusively on old people. That said, loneliness can affect people of any age. But I think loneliness is still very much stigmatised, except for oldies. When I did cleaning for old people, the old ladies who lived alone were super happy and they were often doing stuff every day. The old men were more depressed and didn't do that much at all. So maybe gender and socialization might have something to do with loneliness, I don't know.

Start writing about it

No phone.... What is he recording the video on?

Im lowly

oh i go momths

خب ، کیا از پادکست بی پلاس اومدن اینجا ؟! 👍😊

Everyone should join the friend app called Patook!

1 week without dumb people sounds fun

lol welcome to the 90's? and everything before that.

I'm quite extroverted. Don't get this at all. (And yes I've been through hardships in life, so it's not from a lack of bad experiences)

nah......

From the mannerisms, he's not a man.

Leaving alone is not that hard... so many thigs to do by yourself.

no work ,no art , nothing ? wtf

This has been me for 21 years. Stop being a baby.

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This ain't shit try being alone most of your damn life

Scrub

Dear Curtis - Thank-you for your observations. Part of the reason behind The Loneliness Project video was to highlight the anguish suffered by people whose neighbours could notice they have few interactions, and help address their loneliness through making small moments of connection - perhaps just saying 'hello' or 'can I get you a newspaper or some milk, I've noticed you have not been out for a few days?', 'how are you feeling today?' or even 'I was just about to make a cup of tea, do you fancy one too?' ........ we know helping introverts is hard, but identifying and helping people who are lonely, or potentially lonely, and doing something about it is something we can all work on, not just the Campaign itself!