With the surge of wa~es breaking on the bcach， ou
~alk alonc with your thoughts as a pallid moon spangles the
~vatcr. l，onclincss crccps in， slithering silently into your being:
memories of lost causes， lost lo ，c， lost opportuni(ics. Within
~ou there is a bittcrswcet entanglcmcnt with the past， full ()1t\"
lcndcr regrets， emccloping you in a melancholy that will not
let wm go. \"1 hat kind of hmcliness is the lot ~t onc time or
other of all scnsitie human beings. It is a[most taken for
granted in spite of the sadncss of our solitude.
1 hc loves of yesteryear are dormant or dead. Some x~ hom
~c adored arc gone and wc remain with our little world
~oundcd but soznchow strangely enriched b the pain asso-
ciatcd with that kind of loneliness.
But wc arc pa~ ticularly concerned here with a common and
m~llignant form of lonelincss， that which is perpctuatcd
through unwise action， compulsive thoughts and habits， and
，sclt -dcluating behavior that so painfully alienates one from
others and the world. lhc person is alone， discouraged
becatisc he feels an Jntriider， casting a ncgati +c shadow bcfolc
him. 11 nfortunatcly， others fulfill the lonely person s prophecy
of rc~iCclh)n. And in fact who warlts to associate ~ith a llOi--
Oils bore whoso opinion of himsclf is characteriicd bv timid-
it + and shyness， yet who protects a touch-me-not ~iititude
because he seems to avoid fun， spontaneity， and frankness in
hiznlail relationships ?
t~svchoh)gists and psychialrists have proposed tCatlSCS aild cures for loneliness. ()flen one is kit odds wilt)
<~ihcrs in the social sciences， perhaps each infhicnced by his
~~v~li specialty or inclinations， his basic philosoph ofhuman
relationships. It Intist not be lorgottcn that over t~ +.o hundred
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