Sorrow loneliness
Alienated
Strength 3 of 4
Standing outside the people around you, cut off and out of step with their ways, values or sense of what is real.
In the body
- Holding yourself apart
- A guarded, closed posture
- A fixed stare that avoids other people’s eyes
Needs behind it
When these needs aren’t met
Softer and stronger
Often confused with
Disconnected
Disconnected is a glassy distance from yourself or the moment; alienated is standing outside a group whose ways and values feel foreign.
Lonely
Lonely is missing closeness with others; alienated is feeling an outsider, cut off and unlike those around you, even when among them.