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Nefris
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 Loneliness worse for your health Loneliness worse for your health than smoking and obesityI never really considered there were any major side effects to my or anybody's lifestyle that proceeded like this. It never got that serious to a noticeable part since I'm already used to it. Thoughts?
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Jelly Fishie
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Re: Loneliness worse for your health I'm not surprised, at all.
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Althe
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Re: Loneliness worse for your health Humans are innately social creatures. We thrive on any form of social contact. I'm not surprised loneliness can lead to such negative health effects.
I always feel a ton better when I'm in a comfortable social setting. The worse comes out when I'm isolated and alone. Then again, I'm quite extroverted, so being lonely for me probably has more adverse effects than others.
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raubtier
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Re: Loneliness worse for your health theres enough other things that can cause all of that in a much higher potency, so who cares
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TimeSlip
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Re: Loneliness worse for your health No shit.
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SilentComplexity
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Re: Loneliness worse for your health I'm going to call this study complete speculative bullshit...PERIOD.
I rarely have contact with people, alone almost all the time.
I get sick maybe 1-2 times a year, and that only lasts a day.
My isolation only empowers my own will.
Hell, anyone who lost a job, a loved one or whatnot would go through the same set of 'symptoms'.
This guy is a fucking kook.
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Grandville
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Re: Loneliness worse for your health
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fraktale
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Re: Loneliness worse for your health I'd say, most of this isn't surprising at all, given that it goes along with depression, since most (nearly all) of this are typical symptoms of this as well. The really interesting part in my opinion: I never thought about this so far, but upon considering it appears to make sense. In other words, it actually might have an effect on MS, even when on a rather slight basis. Interesting...
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Syppress
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Re: Loneliness worse for your health I'd have to agree with most of these. Some of them would have to depend on the person, but I'd say most of them are just logical symptoms of being a recluse. Of course your immune system will suffer if you aren't around people all the time. You need to be around people to get sick to develop antibodies. Having more time on your hands and simply boredom could lead to more caloric consumption, alcohol, etc. Depression and anxiety could be the cause of your reclusiveness, and/or vice versa -- chicken or the egg.
I don't think he ever said all lonely people suffer from every single one of these symptoms. However, he might be over exaggerating with it being worse than obesity and smoking.
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Nichiren
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Re: Loneliness worse for your health Ditto. I do have many of those problems but they came about when my job cut my salary and gave me a screwed up work schedule. So it is stress from my job. Actually when I tried to be social I was more sick and had worse issues with sleeping than when I became reclusive.
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