In all ages, he said he questions the existence of lonely people are more and more, and the growth trend is very alarming. There is not a clear mechanism - such as self-neglect - will be able to explain the phenomenon of serious damage to health. That in the end is how it happened?
To answer this question, it is worth noting that, even if you have not been socially isolated, may also have the feeling of loneliness. Loneliness is an emotional state, to understand the role of the brain in this state, for the understanding of this condition may cause harm loneliness is very important.
Comedian Robin Williams in 2009, said some sobering words: "I used to think the worst thing in life is to die alone but it is not the worst thing in life is to make you feel lonely and people who lead their lives together..."
There have been a large number of researchers conducted a long follow-up study found that regardless of whether it is social isolation, the feeling of being socially isolated as long as it will impact on morbidity and mortality. What led to this amazing effect?
Other people the feeling of being isolated not only unpleasant, but also a dangerous signal. When the predator close when the fish will swim to fish in the left mouse rat population living alone will be the phenomenon of interrupted sleep, slow-wave sleep is prairie voles leave their parents to be put on the open prairie will not to develop the surrounding environment, but intently avoid predators.
These actions reflect, marginalized creature more attention to self-protection. For example, located on the edge of the fish populations are more likely to be attacked predators, because they are easier to place orders, more likely to be caught. Such observations reflect a more universal principle that when an animal feels socially isolated, will mobilize the neural, neuroendocrine and behavioral responses, the implementation of short-term self-protection. But these reactions are long-term health and pleasure for the price.
Loneliness adults neurological and behavioral impact will be to make it anxiety, hostility and reluctance contact with the it will become intermittent sleep during the day and very vascular resistance increased, gene expression and immune system adverse mood and depression symptoms and age-related cognitive decline and increase the risk of the occurrence of dementia.
People have tried a number of ways to relieve loneliness, but unfortunately, so far, are less successful. Different methods of post-hoc analysis showed that these methods have little effect. In four different interventions the researchers examined the effects of talk therapy is the most obvious. This therapy focuses on inappropriate thought process - that is, the lack of recognition of self-worth, can not see the future, whether it is worth to others and how others perceive their trust does not have the correct view. The other three interventions are social skills training, social support and increase opportunities for social contacts, the effect of these three means to be worse.
The findings make sense of social isolation and self-protection mode we start point is the same - in ancient times, place orders make us more vulnerable to attack, so this left its mark - this gives us harmful sequelae thought process and action, bustling such thinking and behavior is incompatible with modern society.
There is no loneliness for drug treatment, although studies in animals have shown that this is a possibility. Loneliness has become a common phenomenon in modern society, so looking for better treatments deserve our attention.
(Author: John Cacioppo Stephanie compilation: tadpole via newscientist.com)
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