Compléter LonelinessVersion en ligne Complete the gaps par Oksana Koval 1 regulate crowd mental voyage disconnected throughout physical accessible stereotype bothers plague loneliness Figuring intensely inhabited Isolated means far away from other places and people . Does that mean that you can't be lonely here , with all these people around and all these things to do ? Can you be lonely in a ? Yes , of course , you can be because being lonely isn't about isolation . I think you can be lonely anywhere if you feel that you are from the world around you , if you feel that no one understands you . If you are living happily in isolation in The Scottish Highlands , for example , I'm sure you could feel lonely if you came here to London . Loneliness is seen as a big problem for the health of the population , so much so that the British government has a minister for . But which age group suffers most from loneliness . There is a common that loneliness affects only the old and the isolated . It does , but what this experiment also shows is that loneliness is felt life . People aged between 16 and 24 experience loneliness more often and more than any other age group . Researchers from the University of Manchester who analysed the data , suggested feeling lonely may the young because it's a time of identity change . out your place in the world and of learning to emotions . If you are plagued by something , it means that it troubles you , it you and not just once , it's something that happens continually or repeatedly . By the way , is the most isolated place on the planet is the island of Tristan da Cunha in the South Atlantic . It has a population of fewer than 300 and it's only by a 6 - day by ship from South Africa .