Poor Sleep Can Set Off Viral Loneliness

Poor Sleep Can Set Off Viral Loneliness

https://psychcentral.com/news/2018/08/16/poor-sleep-can-set-off-viral-loneliness-social-rejection/137882.html A new study finds that sleep-deprived people feel lonelier and less inclined to engage with others, avoiding close contact much like those with social anxiety. Worse still, that alienating vibe makes the sleep-deprived more socially unattractive to others, according to researchers at the University of California, Berkeley. And well-rested people feel lonely after just…

Pornography use begets loneliness

Pornography use begets loneliness

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/experimentations/201803/4-ways-porn-use-causes-problems Further, pornography use begets loneliness, and loneliness begets pornography use. Butler, Pereyra, Drap, Leonhardt, and Skinner (2018) in Pornography Use and Loneliness: A Bidirectional Recursive Model and Pilot Investigation surveyed 1,247 participants in English-speaking countries around the world to develop a sophisticated statistical model of how various factors related to loneliness and pornography use….

Lonliness Kills

Lonliness Kills

http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/medical_examiner/2013/08/dangers_of_loneliness_social_isolation_is_deadlier_than_obesity.html Once social and upbeat, I became morose and mildly paranoid. I knew I needed to connect to people to feel better, but I felt as though I physically could not handle any more empty interactions. I woke up in the night panicked. In the afternoon, loneliness came in waves like a fever. I had…

Loneliness can make coming down with a cold feel much worse

Loneliness can make coming down with a cold feel much worse

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-truth-about-exercise-addiction/201704/cold-and-flu-season-being-lonely-makes-you-feel-worse Loneliness is no trivial experience. Feeling disconnected from others has been linked to increased morbidity and mortality, premature aging, cardiovascular disease, high blood pressure, depression, impaired cognitive functioning and an increased risk of Alzheimer’s, stress, anxiety, anger, and a diminished ability to control one’s impulses and outbursts. As if this weren’t enough, a new…

Loneliness Might Be More Complicated Than We Thought

Loneliness Might Be More Complicated Than We Thought

Loneliness Might Be More Complicated Than We Thought https://t.co/NUutK4FOCr #mhsm #mentalhealth pic.twitter.com/8004suJnHc — PsychCentral (@PsychCentral) February 14, 2017 In particular, lonely people who have more social support tend to be less stressed. Now, yes, it might sound obvious that social support protects against some of the negative effects of loneliness, but the details are a…

Secret Signs You Might Be Lonely

http://www.everydayhealth.com/depression-pictures/are-you-lonelier-than-you-realize.aspx#02 According to research from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, loneliness can wreck your chances of getting a restful night’s sleep. Researchers measured the sleep cycles of 95 people in South Dakota, comparing them to the participant’s self-reported loneliness scores (none of them lived isolated lives, but some reported feeling lonelier than others). The…

“Calm” Campaign Against Living Miserably

http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/74095155/Millions-of-men-have-no-close-friends Feeling friendless is common among men, research by the Movember Foundation has found. Stoicism and isolation make lonely mates of too many men. New research by the Movember Foundation reveals that a devastating number of men feel friendless. The survey found that more than two and a half million British men have no close…

Lonely people are wired differently

Lonely people are actually wired differently http://t.co/V4wA2GZVPM pic.twitter.com/209xSrtufi HuffPost Living (@HealthyLiving) August 7, 2015 If you often feel lonely, there could be a neuroscientific explanation. According to a small new study, your brain might be wired differently. The study, conducted at the University of Chicago and published in the online journal ?Cortext, looked at 38…