{"id":551,"date":"2021-05-05T15:02:34","date_gmt":"2021-05-05T19:02:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/its-cuthemedev1.carleton.ca\/mental-health\/?p=551"},"modified":"2026-01-14T10:06:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T15:06:14","slug":"carleton-researcher-explores-links-between-solitude-and-wellness-during-the-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mental-health\/2021\/carleton-researcher-explores-links-between-solitude-and-wellness-during-the-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"Carleton Researcher Explores Links Between Solitude and Wellness During the Pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n Carleton Researcher Explores Links Between Solitude and Wellness During the Pandemic\n <\/h1>\n \n \n <\/header>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n

Spending time alone is like exposure to direct sunlight. We all need some of it, but too much can be unhealthy \u2014 and everybody\u2019s threshold is different.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Researchers call this the paradox of solitude, and it has become a key part of the conversation about mental health throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, when people are experiencing the extremes of both unwanted isolation and crowded households without enough personal space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Prof. Robert Coplan<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere\u2019s never been a more important time to study solitude and its implications,\u201d says Carleton University Psychology<\/a> Prof. Robert Coplan<\/a>, a leading international expert whose work has received a surge of interest.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\u201cHistorically, solitude has a pretty bad reputation and is seen as the cause of a lot of problems. Loneliness is a mental health issue; it can lead to anxiety and depression and even impact physical health. It\u2019s a real concern.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

\u201cBut you can\u2019t paint all solitude with the same broad brush,\u201d he continues. \u201cIt can also be good for us. It can help with self-understanding, serve as a context for restoration and promote creativity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read the full story here:<\/strong> Researcher Explores Links Between Solitude and Wellness During COVID (carleton.ca)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Spending time alone is like exposure to direct sunlight. We all need some of it, but too much can be unhealthy \u2014 and everybody\u2019s threshold is different. Researchers call this the paradox of solitude, and it has become a key part of the conversation about mental health throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, when people are experiencing the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mental-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mental-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mental-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mental-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mental-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=551"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mental-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":552,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mental-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551\/revisions\/552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mental-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mental-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mental-health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}