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Living Alone Causes Mental Disorders, Study Finds

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/mentalhealth/living-alone-causes-mental-disorders-study-finds/ar-AAAS8NL?ocid=AMZN

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A new study has claimed that living alone may cause an array of mental disorders. The lack of social relationship was considered as the primary trigger of anxiety, substance use and mood disorders and this scenario has been classified as a common occurrence in our society at present.

A new study published in the PLOS ONE journal found that there is a link between common mental disorders (CMDs) and living alone. The authors studied all groups and sexes that developed the conditions due to loneliness. It was also found in another study published in the Journal of Japanese Psychogeriatric Society that younger adults who lived alone were more susceptible to the illnesses than older ones.

As opposed to previous studies that only looked at depression as the only condition associated with living alone, the new research considered unhealthy lifestyle and lack of social support in determining the effects of isolation. The participants experienced neurotic symptoms when they were secluded from their usual social circles.

 

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33 minutes ago, Spawn_of_Apathy said:

Do they develop CMD from living alone, or do they choose to live alone as a symptom or a result of having CMD?

It didn't state in the study but I imagine they had it before. 

 

For me I have dealt with it all my life. Based on how things are for me I expect to be alone once my mom dies. 

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1 hour ago, Zaku3 said:

It didn't state in the study but I imagine they had it before. 

 

For me I have dealt with it all my life. Based on how things are for me I expect to be alone once my mom dies. 

 

Well this is the most depressing thing I've read all day. You aren't alone! There's us, for one thing, it's a real thing even if it isn't as good (admittedly) as in real life human connections.. And there are ways to get help too I would think.

 

Guys, help me out here. @SFLUFAN @Jason ETC. ETC. How about a helpful and useful investigation?

 

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7 hours ago, Greatoneshere said:

 

Well this is the most depressing thing I've read all day. You aren't alone! There's us, for one thing, it's a real thing even if it isn't as good (admittedly) as in real life human connections.. And there are ways to get help too I would think.

 

Guys, help me out here. @SFLUFAN @Jason ETC. ETC. How about a helpful and useful investigation?

 

:ceb:

 

It's my cross to bear.  

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29 minutes ago, Greatoneshere said:

 

I'm not sure what the implication of this is. Why would it be?

There isnt much that can be done about it. My only hope at present is an elementary school classmate. Gonna see how that goes. 

 

I am super pissed though in the past couple of days. My ex-work wife ditched me on Friday. Went to go get a haircut and then went to met up with her. They werent at the restaurant and she sent me to voicemail when I called and the other one didn't answer. 

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4 minutes ago, Zaku3 said:

There isnt much that can be done about it. My only hope at present is an elementary school classmate. Gonna see how that goes. 

 

I am super pissed though in the past couple of days. My ex-work wife ditched me on Friday. Went to go get a haircut and then went to met up with her. They werent at the restaurant and she sent me to voicemail when I called and the other one didn't answer. 

 

I mean, in the social media age there are tons of ways to meet people and make friends. There are apps like Bumble that can connect you to other people that you want to meet based on what you see and read on their profile, these apps exist intentionally to make friends. There are other apps/websites as well. America is a big, cold, lonely place so you have to actually work at meeting people (not that you aren't just explaining the existence of apps to make friends).

 

There are other ideas as well. There's theoretically plenty to be done about it depending on the exact nature of the problem. :)

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Let me go in the total opposite direction:  romantic entanglements are not the "be all and end all" that this society makes them out to be.  The ancient Greeks regarded "eros" (romantic/sexual love) as a "lower" form of love than the others and they were goddamned right.

 

This society's undue emphasis on this form of human attachment is probably responsible for more than its fair share of emotional and psychological damage and suffering than it is actually worth for both men and women.  The greatest feeling I've ever experienced was my realization that I didn't need to meet this societal expectation (in fact, I actively despised it) and that its outright rejection was exactly what was missing from my existence.

 

So work on your emotional and physical well-being for yourself, not to attract a mate.  And if you are able to liberate yourself from these societal notions of what should be a fulfilled life -- even if that is a life largely spent alone -- you will have won.

 

Do this and you will never be lonely because you will always be with the only person in this entire world worthy of your company: yourself.

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I can't speak for Zaku, but personally I have a really hard time putting myself out there at all, even with apps/sites. And I'm not even talking about romantic partners, just base level friends. This is something that I uncovered kinda recently in therapy - I've never had real friends. Sure, in school there was the group of kids I would play with or whatever, but establishing and maintaining close personal bonds just seems completely alien. 

 

 

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3 hours ago, Man of Culture said:

Here's how you stop being lonely.

 

1. Get a dog that will make women go "Ohh. Can I pet him?"

 

That's your conversation starter who also doubles as a friend whenever you need to de-stress.

My apartment doesn't allow dogs, only cats.  

 

Guess I'm fucked then.

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