{"id":23123,"date":"2022-01-19T08:35:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-19T07:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koknorge.no\/?p=23123"},"modified":"2026-03-31T10:43:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T08:43:54","slug":"how-to-become-less-lonely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koknorge.no\/en\/hvordan-bli-mindre-ensom\/","title":{"rendered":"Loneliness is painful to feel. How can you become less lonely?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"23123\" class=\"elementor elementor-23123\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b85be18 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4b85be18\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-629260a elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-breadcrumbs\" data-id=\"629260a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"breadcrumbs.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<nav aria-label=\"breadcrumbs\" class=\"rank-math-breadcrumb\"><p><span class=\"last\">Sauna Oslo<\/span><\/p><\/nav>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ebf48b9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ebf48b9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How to become less lonely<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2aeea85d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2aeea85d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A sense of community is important to combat loneliness, which is the focus of this year's World Day. <br \/>Read on for more ways to combat loneliness and exclusion.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45b78e2a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"45b78e2a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b77e104 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6b77e104\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A large group in society feels lonely. This is a challenge for public mental health, according to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.verdensdagen.no\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">World Mental Health Day<\/a>, which is marked on October 10 every year. Loneliness is hard on the individual, but it's also hard on society because it can lead to isolation, sick leave, apathy and exclusion that is not so easy to reverse.<\/p><p>But it\u00a0<em>is<\/em>\u00a0possible, and we can all do the little things for ourselves and others.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4893ccf6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4893ccf6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-197223e4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"197223e4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Find others who share your interests<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5cf6168c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5cf6168c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The website <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/verdensbestenyheter.no\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The world's best news <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">writes about a surprising method for becoming less lonely - urban greenery. Research has shown that having access to nature around you can reduce feelings of loneliness. <\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-secondary ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-2d974c2-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-2d974c2-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-2d974c2-letter-spacing ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-2d974c2-word-spacing ); background-color: var( --e-global-color-accent );\">Seeing trees, the sky or hearing birds, even when you're alone, has a positive effect on reducing feelings of loneliness, according to the research cited in the article.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an important point that actual loneliness and perceived loneliness are two different things. When surrounded by nature, the perceived feeling of loneliness decreases. One reason for this could be:<\/span><\/p><ul><li><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-secondary ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-2d974c2-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-2d974c2-font-size ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-2d974c2-letter-spacing ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-2d974c2-word-spacing ); background-color: var( --e-global-color-accent );\">We feel less lonely in the outdoors, because nature doesn't judge us, it doesn't make any demands - it's just there,\" says psychologist Trine Karsholt in the article.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You don't have to perform, and nature calms your nervous system. We get into a state of connection and relaxation that you can't get by walking in a big crowd or looking at buildings.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nature is free and inclusive, and great to experience both alone or with others.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e14b6ba elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6e14b6ba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2458\" height=\"1639\" src=\"https:\/\/koknorge.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/KOK_JANUAR_2023-10.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-19719\" alt=\"How to become less lonely\" srcset=\"https:\/\/koknorge.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/KOK_JANUAR_2023-10.jpg 2458w, https:\/\/koknorge.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/KOK_JANUAR_2023-10-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/koknorge.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/KOK_JANUAR_2023-10-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/koknorge.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/KOK_JANUAR_2023-10-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/koknorge.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/KOK_JANUAR_2023-10-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/koknorge.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/KOK_JANUAR_2023-10-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/koknorge.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/KOK_JANUAR_2023-10-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2458px) 100vw, 2458px\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7687a0ad elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7687a0ad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Health Norway has several good pieces of advice against loneliness. One of them is to share positive experiences with others.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-secondary ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-2d974c2-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-2d974c2-font-size ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-2d974c2-letter-spacing ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-2d974c2-word-spacing ); background-color: var( --e-global-color-accent );\">If you have an interest or hobby, try to nurture it in a community with others. Try to create routines where you meet the same people time after time. This is how strangers can eventually become friends, they write on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.helsenorge.no\/psykisk-helse\/isolasjon-og-ensomhet\/\" style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-2d974c2-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-2d974c2-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-2d974c2-letter-spacing ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-2d974c2-word-spacing );\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">helsenorge.no<\/a><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-secondary ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-2d974c2-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-2d974c2-font-size ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-2d974c2-letter-spacing ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-2d974c2-word-spacing ); background-color: var( --e-global-color-accent );\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At KOK, we find that people of all ages come closer together when they share time together in the sauna. <br>Friendships are born and togetherness sprouts around the steaming hot stove.&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-secondary ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-2d974c2-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-2d974c2-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-2d974c2-letter-spacing ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-2d974c2-word-spacing ); background-color: var( --e-global-color-accent );\">It's an intimate space where you let your guard down and can be yourself.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9605fdf e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9605fdf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36c44773 elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"36c44773\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">We're all in the same boat<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9ee6199 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9ee6199\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A report from NORCE entitled Sammen mot utenforskap - Aktiv p\u00e5 dagtid (Together against exclusion - Active during the day) shows that meaningful social meeting places are important for building networks, feeling mastery and preventing exclusion. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verdensdagen.no\/tema-2022-vi-trenger-hverandre-loft-blikket\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">World Day<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> adds that we need more arenas and occasions to meet across generations, cultures, personalities, opinions and experiences. <\/span><\/p><p>It helps to broaden our understanding of each other and is an important contribution to countering stigma, loneliness and exclusion.\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">KOK fully supports this message and wants to be just such an arena.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the sauna, you are included in a warm bubble without demographic dividing lines. It doesn't matter where you're from, what your name is, what you do for a living, if you're married or single or if things are complicated! Sitting there, sweaty and red-faced, dreading dipping our bodies into the cold water, we're all in the same boat.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We need each other, you! Not just to survive as a species, or to dare to jump into the ocean, but our lives become richer when we let others into our hearts, dare to connect with people we don't know and open up to new perspectives.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you finally jump into the sea, you will feel courage and mastery. And a dose of endorphins! <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the company of others, it creates a unique community.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ad94167 elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5ad94167\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/koknorge.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_5344-scaled.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-19721\" alt=\"Private sauna\" srcset=\"https:\/\/koknorge.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_5344-scaled.jpeg 1920w, https:\/\/koknorge.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_5344-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/koknorge.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_5344-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/koknorge.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_5344-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/koknorge.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_5344-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/koknorge.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_5344-9x12.jpeg 9w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7286b25d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7286b25d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Photo: Guro Thobru<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4280284e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4280284e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">See you in the sauna, for good conversations, endorphin boost and fellowship! <\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57fdbe9f elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"57fdbe9f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"\/felles-badstue\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Book here<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KOK Norge Hvordan bli mindre ensom F\u00f8lelsen av fellesskap er viktig for \u00e5 bekjempe ensomhet, som er \u00e5rets fokus p\u00e5 Verdensdagen. Les videre for flere m\u00e5ter \u00e5 motvirke ensomhet og utenforskap p\u00e5. En stor gruppe i samfunnet kjenner p\u00e5 ensomhet. Det er en utfordring for den psykiske folkehelsa, if\u00f8lge\u00a0Verdensdagen for psykisk helse, som markeres 10. 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