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The Effects of Solitary Confinement on the Brain
There is a difference between loneliness (the imposition of social isolation) and aloneness (the choice of being alone), and thus the brain reacts in very different ways. Loneliness, or social isolation, affecting a large part of the population as it became an epidemic in the last few years, is known to cause changes in the brain, possibly leading to more serious consequences such as depression and other mood disorders.
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How To Deal With Loneliness: Actionable 15 Tips For Lonely People
Scientists have discovered 12 new natural satellites around Jupiter. According to CNN, scientists have made a new discovery within the scope of the study, which was created to detect the solar system’s nesting planet. Scientists believe that there is another planet in the edge of the solar system.
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Human Contact Is Now a Luxury Good
Bill Langlois has a new best friend. She is a cat named Sox. She lives on a tablet, and she makes him so happy that when he talks about her arrival in his life, he begins to cry. All day long, Sox and Mr. Langlois, who is 68 and lives in a low-income senior housing complex in Lowell, Mass., chat. Mr. Langlois worked in machine operations, but now he is retired. With his wife out of the house most of the time, he has grown lonely.
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Extreme loneliness or the perfect balance? How to work from home and stay healthy
More and more people are working where they live, attracted by the promise of flexibility, efficiency and no commute. But does this come at a cost to their wellbeing?
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Can you buy a cure for loneliness?
Coworking spaces, friendship apps, and adult dorms are selling human connection.
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How To Enjoy Being Alone: When You Start These 5 Things Will Happen
This new article will show you everything you need to know about how to enjoy being alone. A huge number of people around the world hates being alone.
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A Solution for Loneliness
Get out and volunteer, research suggests
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Loneliness in America Is Caused by Our Broken Culture
A lot of our cultural problems are issues with no clear government or policy solution. But they represent huge problems nonetheless.
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Preliminary Evidence That Lonely People Lose The Reflex To Mimic Other People’s Smiles, Potentially Sustaining Their Isolation
Loneliness is a “disease”, associated with an increased risk of death equivalent to smoking 15 cigarettes a day. Strides have been made in understanding what form of loneliness is damaging (a lack of close relationships with other people, rather than a lack of relationships per se), but ways to tackle loneliness are badly needed.
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Police are tackling elderly isolation with benches created to get strangers to chat
One English police department is trying a new, creative way to tackle isolation and loneliness among elderly people. Starting with a simple bench. The Avon and Somerset Police Department set up "chat benches" in two local parks in southwest England meant to spark conversation between residents. The benches feature a friendly sign that reads, "Sit here if you don't mind someone stopping to say hello!"
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On average, older adults spend over half their waking hours alone
Americans 60 and older spend about seven waking hours a day alone. This rises to over 10 hours a day among those living on their own.
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The Loneliness of the Internet Troll
Loneliness is a powerful psychological, emotional and behavioral state, associated with significant risks to mental and physical health. Online trolling is a huge and growing problem, as well. According to the Pew Research Center (Online Harassment, 2017
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Researchers are working on a pill for loneliness, as studies suggest the condition is worse than obesity
For some, the idea is just another sign of the creeping medicalization of everyday human woes: Is it really the best we can do to fix the loneliness ‘epidemic’?
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Lonely, socially anxious Millennials are more likely to use dating apps compulsively, study finds
A new study in the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships suggests that lonely individuals may be at particular risk.
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It’s Official – Spending Time Outside is Good For You
Summary: A new study backs up previous findings that spending time outside and living close to nature has significant physical and mental health benefits.
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Loneliness Is Fatal. Video Games Can Keep Men Alive.
MEN ARE LONELY, or so we’ve heard. Not from our friends—that would require actually sharing our feelings, which we’re not great at—but from an endless cascade of think pieces and scientific studies sounding the alarm on the growing crisis of male loneliness. Reluctant to engage with other men on anything that could make us seem vulnerable or too needy, we’ve been forcing the women in our lives to shovel our shit, becoming “emotional gold diggers” in the process.
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Loneliness Is Fatal. Video Games Can Keep Men Alive.
MEN ARE LONELY, or so we’ve heard. Not from our friends—that would require actually sharing our feelings, which we’re not great at—but from an endless cascade of think pieces and scientific studies sounding the alarm on the growing crisis of male loneliness. Reluctant to engage with other men on anything that could make us seem vulnerable or too needy, we’ve been forcing the women in our lives to shovel our shit, becoming “emotional gold diggers” in the process.
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Video Games Can Boost Emotional Health and Reduce Loneliness
When you think of video games in the context of mental health, what comes to mind? For most people, the association is not a positive one. Concerns have been raised about video games causing violence; gaming culture being sexist, racist, and homophobic; and whether video game addiction
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The rise of Japan's 'super solo' culture
From cocktails to karaoke, more Japanese people are going it alone. What's causing the huge change in the traditionally group-oriented country?
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Most Americans Are Lonely, And Our Workplace Culture May Not Be Helping
A new survey of 10,000 Americans finds 61% of us are lonely. Young people, men and those new at their jobs are some of the hardest hit.
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