AG #3

Of the many feelings that hurt-grief, anger, jealousy, loneliness-loneliness hurts the most

I am undecided about this. I have not experienced these myself but I have read plenty of first person novels in which these are depicted. The reason I am undecided is that all of these emotions seem equally heart wrenching depending on the conditions in which they are experienced.

The three reactions in books I have observed most to loneliness most are a sense of numbness, shutting oneself off from the world and giving everyone the cold shoulder, or a sense of self-pity. To me, neither of these seem as awful as grief. At least in loneliness you can usually change it but as for grief you can't usually reclaim what you have lost. Or jealousy, if you're a nice person and you feel jealous then you may feel terrible that you are having such emotions towards someone. If you're not a nice person, then the jealousy may fester and eat away at you. Anger is the type of emotion that comes out in everything you do and in most cases it is something that comes in little bursts and goes away fast.

Although, it seems to be less extreme than the other three, loneliness has its own form of torture. It is a creeping feeling that sticks with you. And there are several types. There is the feeling or loneliness that results in not being with your own kind, in which having friends is an easy cure. Another one is loneliness from a specific person or thing. For example, your pet may have recently died and your lonely for it. There is also, when you are surrounded with people but you feel left out. Either you're among strangers or you're not feeling like your self.

Through all this I have concluded that each of the emotions are all different and although some many be more unbearable to certain people, I do not believe that loneliness hurts the most.

What does everyone else think? Do you think loneliness hurts the most? If not which one?