Category: Discussions

Evidence link: https://www.apa.org/monitor/2019/05/ce-corner-isolation

Article written by Amy Novotney
INTRO:
1. Social Isolation affects the brain and the physical body, because the person going through with this is very distant, with drawn etc, the effects of social isolation are, depression, Suicidal tendencies etc.in the Article the text states in (Paragraph 1 line 1-4), “According to a 2018 national survey,loneliness and isolation have increased by over 40%, common with teenages it is most h adult” A professor of psychology and neuroscience at Brigham Young University, stated that lack of social connection lengthens health risks as much as smoking 15 cigarettes a day or having alcohol use disorder, (Paragraph 2, lines 14-19). She’s also found that loneliness and social isolation are twice as harmful to physical and mental health as obesity (paragraph 2, lines 17-19). The Evidence for Social Isolation and loneliness are very very thin, but research was conducted via survey and human testing, and some things were confirmed, they placed 2 people in different rooms, one room had a bright light and the other room was pitch black, after 1½ days, both subjects came out and subject one who was in the dark room stated that he felt like his mind was going numb and blank, that he had to scratch at his skin to distract himself from the dark, because he started to hear things that wasn’t there, and subject 2 stated that, his eyes became sensitive to light because of how bright it is and it caused him a lot of distress. This experiment showed that both subjects wanted to get out and leave and so on.
2. Loneliness and Social isolation has been around for thousands of years and it mostly is found in Teens who grew up in a poor neighborhood, had 1 or both abusive parents and overall was or is stressed out.there are different kinds of Loneliness; Chronic, and reactive. Reactive loneliness can occur if a loved one has passed or a divorce. Problems can arise,when an experience of loneliness becomes chronic, a researcher states “If reactive loneliness is painful, chronic loneliness is torturous,” he says. Chronic loneliness is most likely to set in when individuals either don’t have the emotional, mental or financial resources to get out and satisfy their social needs or they lack a social circle that can provide these benefits.
The effects of loneliness and Isolation, loneliness can cause problems both on a person’s physical, mental and cognitive health. Evidence linking perceived social isolation with adverse health,the consequences being:depression, poor sleep quality, impaired executive function, accelerated cognitive decline and poor cardiovascular function.