That was the goal of Natalie Eve Garrett when she thought of collecting stories about loneliness .
这正是娜塔莉·伊芙·加勒特想到收集关于孤独的故事时的目标。
In the book , The Lonely Stories : 22 Celebrated Writers on the Joys & Struggles of Being Alone , Garrett wanted to share personal stories of loneliness .
在《The Lonely Stories: 22 Celebrated Writers on the Joys & Struggles of Being Alone》一书中，加勒特希望分享关于孤独的个人故事。
Garrett said she hopes the stories give people suffering from loneliness comfort and perhaps even joy .
加勒特说，她希望这些故事能给饱受孤独之苦的人带来安慰，甚至带来快乐。
“I think we all have felt alone .
“我想我们都曾感到孤单。
We all feel lonely .
我们都会感到寂寞。
And we all will continue to feel lonely sometimes .
而且我们今后有时仍会感到寂寞。
I think when we read about varied experiences it can be a way of using loneliness and aloneness to connect with each other .
我认为，阅读各种不同的经历，可以成为一种借由孤独和独处彼此联结的方式。
And that was really my hope with the book .”
这正是我对这本书的期望。”
The writers and stories in this collection are all very different .
这本文集里的作者和故事都各不相同。
Some are tragic , such as the death of a loved one .
有些是悲剧性的，比如所爱之人的离世。
While others are lighter , such as feeling alone at a Star Trek event .
而另一些则较为轻松，比如在《星际迷航》活动上感到孤单。
This variety is something Garrett wanted readers to also experience .
这种多样性也是加勒特希望读者能体验到的。
The book project was sold in 2019 .
这本书的出版项目于2019年售出。
And then COVID-19 spread around the world .
随后，新冠疫情在全球蔓延。
Suddenly isolation became a part of nearly everyone's lives .
突然之间，隔离成了几乎每个人生活的一部分。
People were separated from friends , family members , co-workers , and neighbors .
人们与朋友、家人、同事和邻居分隔两地。
At the same time , many people were forced to be around their immediate families all the time .
与此同时，许多人被迫时时刻刻和直系家人待在一起。
For some , this led to a different kind of loneliness – a loneliness for oneself .
对一些人来说，这带来了另一种孤独——对独处的渴望。
The book The Lonely Stories also deals with the challenges of a lack of solitude , or as we often call it , alone time .
《The Lonely Stories》这本书也探讨了缺乏独处时光——也就是我们常说的“一个人的时间”——所带来的挑战。
Garrett talked about the difference between loneliness and solitude .
加勒特谈到了孤独与独处之间的区别。
“They're not the same .
“它们并不一样。
Solitude , I think , is chosen whereas loneliness happens to us .”
我认为，独处是自己选择的，而孤独是降临到我们身上的。”
A writer and a painter , Garrett found being in quarantine with her two young children to be both good and bad .
作为作家兼画家，加勒特觉得和两个年幼的孩子一起隔离有好也有坏。
She was able to spend much time with her family .
她能花很多时间陪伴家人。
But this also meant she did not have time to paint .
但这也意味着她没有时间画画。
When talking about the lack of time to herself , Garrett used the words “longing ” and “crave ” – both mean to deeply want something .
谈到缺少属于自己的时间时，加勒特用了“longing”和“crave”这两个词——两者都表示深深地渴望某样东西。
“During the pandemic , I really found myself longing for alone time .
“疫情期间，我真的非常渴望能有独处的时间。
I have two small children .
我有两个年幼的孩子。
They're 9 and eleven , and we were all quarantining at home together .
他们一个9岁，一个十一岁，我们一家人都在家一起隔离。
While most of the stories were written during the pandemic , only a few writers deal with the pandemic directly .
虽然大部分故事写于疫情期间，但只有少数几位作者直接描写了疫情。
In the story “On Witness and Respair ,” Jesmyn Ward writes about her husband dying at the beginning of the pandemic .
在《On Witness and Respair》中，杰斯米恩·沃德写到了丈夫在疫情初期去世的经历。
Her whole family caught what they thought was just a severe flu .
她全家都染上了一种他们以为只是重感冒的病。
Her husband did not survive .
她的丈夫没能挺过来。
In “Exodus , 2020 ,” Emily Raboteau describes the emptying of a large apartment building where she lives in New York City .
在《Exodus, 2020》中，艾米莉·拉博托描述了她在纽约市居住的一栋大型公寓楼逐渐人去楼空的情景。
One by one , neighbors and friends left the city for safer places to live during the pandemic .
疫情期间，邻居和朋友们一个接一个地离开城市，去更安全的地方生活。
Several writers describe the loneliness of leaving their culture .
有几位作者描写了离开自身文化的孤独。
Jhumpa Lahiri's “Trading Stories ” is about her parents ' struggle to fit in to a different culture and how that affected her life and work .
裘帕·拉希莉的《Trading Stories》讲述了她父母努力融入另一种文化的艰辛，以及这对她的生活和创作产生的影响。
Writer Jean Kwok shares the experience of her family moving from Hong Kong to New York City .
作家郭珍芬分享了她全家从香港搬到纽约市的经历。
They lost everything : money , jobs , and more .
他们失去了一切：金钱、工作，还有更多。
In “Perpetual Foreigner ,” she wrote :
她在《Perpetual Foreigner》中写道：
“But the heavier price was losing our language , our friends , our culture , and in some ways , one another .”
“但更沉重的代价，是失去了我们的语言、朋友、文化，在某种程度上，还失去了彼此。”
Some of the writers wrote about choosing to be alone for personal or creative reasons and the challenges they faced .
一些作者写到了自己出于个人或创作原因选择独处，以及他们面临的挑战。
-- In “Maine Man ,” Lev Grossman wrote about nearly losing his mind .
——在《Maine Man》中，列夫·格罗斯曼写到自己差点精神崩溃。
While in his twenties , he chose to work on a book in a small town , isolated from other people .
二十多岁时，他选择在一个与世隔绝的小镇上写书。
-- In the story “Javelinas ,” Claire Dederer wrote about facing her alcohol addiction during a period of solitude .
——在《Javelinas》中，克莱尔·德德勒写到自己在一段独处时期直面酒瘾的经历。
-- And in “Am I Still Here ?”
——而在《Am I Still Here?》中
Anthony Doerr , a man addicted to the internet , wrote of his struggle to turn off social media and reconnect with nature and himself .
沉迷网络的安东尼·多尔写到了自己努力关掉社交媒体、重新与自然和自我建立联系的挣扎。
Loneliness is not just a mental state .
孤独不仅仅是一种心理状态。
It can also lead to serious physical health problems .
它还可能导致严重的身体健康问题。
The U.S . Department of Health & Human Services National Institute on Aging says that loneliness and isolation can be harmful for older people .
美国卫生与公众服务部下属的国家老龄化研究所表示，孤独和隔绝可能对老年人有害。
Loneliness can lead to high blood pressure , heart disease , depression , a decrease in mental abilities , and even death .
孤独可能导致高血压、心脏病、抑郁、智力减退，甚至死亡。
Younger people are not protected against the harm of loneliness either .
年轻人同样无法免受孤独的伤害。
Researchers at Harvard University have found that in the United States loneliness has increased in young adults and others since the beginning of the pandemic .
哈佛大学的研究人员发现，自疫情开始以来，美国年轻人和其他群体的孤独感有所增加。
The Harvard study was released in February of 2021 .
哈佛大学的这项研究于2021年2月发布。
This includes “61 % of young adults and 51 % of mothers with young children .”
其中包括“61%的年轻人和51%有年幼子女的母亲”。
Garrett told VOA that sharing stories of loneliness is a way to bring attention to the problem and to feel connected to others .
加勒特对美国之音表示，分享关于孤独的故事是让人们关注这个问题、并感受到与他人联结的一种方式。
"So , I'm really grateful that so many extraordinary writers joined me on this lonely journey and made it really un-lonely !
“所以，我真的很感激有这么多杰出的作家和我一起踏上这段孤独的旅程，让它一点也不孤独！
And that's the Health & Lifestyle report .
以上就是健康与生活方式报道。