The holiday season is often portrayed as a time of joy, celebration, and togetherness. However, for many individuals, the holidays can also be a time of loneliness, isolation, and sadness. In her essay, "No, You Don't Need to Go to Holiday Parties If You Feel Lonely," Neha Gajwani argues that it is not necessary to attend social events when feeling lonely. While Gajwani makes some valid points about the importance of self-care and setting boundaries, I believe that there are significant benefits to pushing oneself to attend social gatherings, especially during the holidays. By actively engaging in social events, individuals have the opportunity to enhance their social skills, experience a sense of belonging, create lasting memories, and gain …show more content…
Social skills are essential for navigating various social situations and forming meaningful connections with others. By putting themselves in social settings, individuals can practice communication, active listening, and empathy, which are crucial components of effective social interaction. Moreover, attending events allows individuals to step out of their comfort zones and overcome social anxiety, leading to personal growth and increased confidence in social settings. Furthermore, social events, particularly those during the holidays, often create celebratory environments filled with positivity and joy. These festive atmospheres can provide a sense of belonging and community for individuals who may be feeling lonely or isolated. By participating in celebrations and sharing in the collective joy of the event, individuals can experience genuine happiness and forge connections with others. These experiences can lead to the creation of lasting memories that can be cherished and revisited in the future, bringing a sense of fulfillment and …show more content…
By stepping out of one's comfort zone, attending social gatherings, and interacting with others, individuals can enhance their social skills, experience a sense of belonging, create lasting memories, and gain exposure to diverse perspectives and experiences. Ultimately, embracing social opportunities can lead to personal growth, increased happiness, and a sense of connection with others, making it worthwhile to push oneself to participate in social events, especially during times of loneliness. Moreover, attending social events during the holidays can also provide individuals with a sense of routine and structure during what can be a chaotic and emotionally challenging time. Having social events to look forward to can create a sense of anticipation and excitement, breaking up the monotony of daily life and providing a welcome distraction from feelings of loneliness or sadness. Additionally, social gatherings can serve as a source of support and comfort, allowing individuals to connect with others who may be experiencing similar emotions and providing a sense of solidarity and
I love and am extremely defensive of my own picked snippets of isolation, however I additionally realize that drawn out stretches of time alone can send me into a depressive state, or make me feel like I 'm going insane. All the more particularly, a sort of frenzy sets in when I understand only i 'm with my considerations with nobody to attest or prevent the legitimacy from claiming what I 'm considering. When I 'm without anyone else 's input for a really long time, I begin to notice my own sense of reality of who I truly am and what the world is truly like. I needed to be with other people in light of the fact that they are such a critical piece of how I learn and make the most of my life and my explanation behind living. All individuals appear to rely on upon differing sums and emotion of socialgatehrings to keep
According to Dickinson, too many celebrated events can dull out the experience because consistent occurrences dismantles the meaning. The author is an example of a radical anti-celebration case but can be disproved because celebrating often can actually benefit people more than not celebrating at all. When one celebrates, it inspires motivation and willpower. It is also a reminder that the more focused they are, the more rewards they can reap which improves self-confidence. The amount of celebrations that are held do not directly take away from the sense of accomplishment that a person might hold, but nonetheless it keeps their motivation, determination, and self-confidence high as they help a person achieve more things in their future.
In society, is has become a priority to be so engaged in the social circle. It gets exhausting trying to be at all the gatherings, getting involved in activities, and partaking in social media. Even though as a society we tire of the constant movement in our communities, we often do not withdraw ourselves from the suffocating social routine. I have often found myself thinking that I should take a trip or go stay at another city to be alone and relax from all the annoyance of society. What holds me back? Being alone is a scary thought. But what joy I experience when the wind blows over the water that your feet are in when sitting on pier. Or the joy of being in a lake fishing, with your thoughts. I find it that the stuff that worries me the most, does not seem as catastrophic when immersed in the greenery of the woods. If only one had the courage to live alone, I’m sure life would seem much
College helps students learn interpersonal skills. Being in college is way for students to socialize better. Living on campus students have many opportunities to interact with many different types of people. Students also can develop better social skills whether it is by partying or joining different clubs and organizations. “According to Arthur Chickering's "Seven Vectors" student development theory, ‘developing mature interpersonal relationships’...
It is estimated that 11-78% of residents in nursing homes are suffering from depression, especially those with dementia (Volicer, Frijters, Van der Steen, 2011). Elderly depression can have many causes, however it is widely believed a decline in physical health, and reduced contact with family and friends are two of the most prominent reasons (Llewellyn-Jones, 2007). With limited to no family contact, elderly like the rest of us feel lonely, forgotten and unimportant. On the contrary, a study conducted by researchers Holahan and Moos found with family support, depression in elderly people decreased over a one year time span (Greenglass, Fiskenbaum, Eaton, 2006). Therefore, if more elderly residents of nursing and retirement homes are visited by their family members, their mental and physical well being will likely increase. I have witnessed at the retirement home I work at, some of the residents consistently have family visit them while others I have ever seen them have a visitor. The ones who are visited, often tend to be noticeably happier and healthier, while the ones who usually remain alone tend to be more unhappy and physically unwell. For instance, I worked last Christmas and I was surprised by the amount of residents who remained in the facility on Christmas day. Although the majority of the residents went home, there still were about 25-30 out of approximately 100 residents who remained on Christmas Day. The fact that these residents had no family to spend the holiday with, or were not invited by their family members was heartbreaking, especially since holidays like Christmas are heavily focused on family relationships. Exclusion and isolation, similar to what the remaining residents experienced on Christmas day, can be interpreted by the elderly as a loss of their family 's respect and may feel as though they are a
Why would loneliness do this to a body?” Putting herself into the audience's shoes and reacting to her evidence as she assumes the audience would react. Morris also gives a glimmer of hope when she describes "eudemonic well-being," which essentially is a way to trick the brain out of being lonely. It works when you have a purpose or meaning in life that is greater than “your own immediate self-gratification.” The author believes that the trauma of Covid can make us kinder as a community and values the importance of life.
The Last Nivkh Chieftain presents an interesting debate on preserving a small indigenous group on Sakhalin and the program to preserve it. There are two sides to this debate. One side is that of Vladimir Sangi, the Nivkh Chieftain, who holds on to ideas of language preservation and patriarchy to define his people in his efforts to preserve the Nivkh with a well-thought-out program. However, Sangi holds misogynistic views that disregard any cultural preservation efforts of the women who married out of the Nivkh population. The women of the Nivkh disagree with Sangi and his opinion, as they see the preservation of tradition as the preservation of the Nivkh and discuss the lack of eligible Nivkh men to marry.
As you can see this celebration gave you a broader understanding of how this holiday is about spending time with your lost loved ones, instead of the idea that many have heard about this day being only of face painting, eating different foods and celebrating it as if it was Halloween.
Due to an increase in UK’s ageing population the challenge faced in the society has become that of social isolation and loneliness consequently the issue addressed in the interest of wider population and communities. IRIS REF. Loneliness could be described as the feeling of loss of meaningful social relationship, while social isolation could be explained as the lack of social interaction and relationships which could be caused by deterioration of ones health (Bordi and Nicholson 2008).
In the essay “No, You Don’t Need to Go to Holiday Parties If You Feel Lonely” by Neha Gajwani, there are a lot of good points, but I do not fully agree with the essay. It is not a bad thing to force yourself to go to social events. When you force yourself to go to events it can help build social skills, expose you to a celebratory environment contributing to a sense of belonging and creating long lasting memories with other people and exposes you to diverse types of people leading to new experiences and world views. Forcing yourself to go to social events and activities provides opportunities to build your social skills. Social skills are something that develops yourself, not something that you are just born with.
Fashion is one of those things that people can claim they don't care about. They can defend again and again that it doesn't matter what one wears, it's the person who wears it. But in all likelihood they will continue to be judged, as we all are, for the clothes on our body, the shoes on our feet and the hairstyle we are sporting.
What is the difference between social competence and social skills? Social competence is the condition of possessing the social, emotional, and intellectual skills and behaviors needed to succeed as a member of society. Social skills are the skills we use to communicate and interact with each other, both verbally and non-verbally, through gestures, body language and our personal appearance. Both components are essential/beneficial, allowing a person to have a set of skills needed for social interaction, however a problem occurring today is the lack of these skills in special needs students. Students with disabilities have difficulties establishing relationships and/or expressing their feelings. These students can gain social competence and social skills through the creation of an efficient learning environment and demonstration of the development of interaction and affective &
While being social has many benefits to the health of a person, it can have a negative effect if there is any financial stress, increased burdens, or ailing family member or partner (Annear et al., 2012). Caring for others as an elderly person can have both negative and positive effects while providing companionship and a sense of purpose, it can also make the elderly carers life more stressful and can sometimes make the carer feel emotionally isolated (Annear et al., 2012). Joining social groups will get encourage participation and interaction with other members of their social group; this will help in minimising the potential for social isolation and detachment. Barriers to having an active social health are living in rural or remote areas, long distances to services and social networks. It is important for elderly people to feel they still have some form of connection with their friends and family and feel that are still connect to
Our ability to build strong and healthy relationship with the people around us refers to our social or relational health. For us to have a good social health, we should interact with other people and make new friends by simply keeping our phone down when someone is trying to talk to us. Also, showing respect to others and to ourselves, having a positive self-image and improving our skills in accepting and understanding other people’s culture and norms, pursuing our own interests and doing something good or kind to someone without expecting something in return will also help us to be become a sociable
Social skills are having the ability to interact effectively in social settings and to understand and productively harness one’s own and other’s personality structures. Social skills overlap with communication skills. For social skills, there are three main components that are necessary. The first one is personal likability. The second element involves expressiveness.