Ill effects of loneliness alarms health

Aug 20: A good health of a person mostly depends on a balanced state of mind as psychological study suggests that a stressful mind leads to a great amount of change in biological cycle of the person, which later front towards an erosion of health. However, though stress related to various aspects in terms of work environment, family affairs and various other personal issues, what it starts with “loneliness”.

Human being so has been termed as a social animal; it is evident from the beginning of human civilization that we do maintain a group and gathering life. However that does not keep you away from loneliness and its ill effects, as now recent research shows that loneliness could be bad for your health.

In a recent research conducted by University of Chicago psychologists Louise Hawkley and John Cacioppo states that if a person is affected by loneliness then have serious mental and physical implications. They observed and tasted a number of individuals of 50 to 68 ages and over a period of time found that those who were in a state of loneliness or some kind of stress are more unable to tackle different situation in terms of mental strength and also immune power.

Their study shows that those who more or less remain in isolation with no socialisation are more affected with health complication whether aging or any other diseases, which is the result of more stress hormones, Epinephrine, flowing through the body.

It is not like that if one works around 12 hours in office or spends much time in home can not be affected by loneliness. In fact it is the absence of quality time that leads someone feeling loneliness. Everyone should try to maintain some kind of socialisation with companionship that brings something to cheer about, something pleasurable to get over the daily stress.

As earlier research suggests that though the upshot of loneliness is noticeable from childhood but it becomes more perceptible with aging. Stress no doubt is one of the prime specifics of various health hazards but loneliness puts in more grief with the inability to response to stress.

Though we may believe that loneliness and isolation are two different things and also work differently in one’s growth but loneliness is more fatal. Suppose you stay in a crowded place that means you are not in isolation or you are in good surroundings with your parents and friends and hence you are not in isolation but if you are poor in communication then that take you towards loneliness. So it is how you communicate with others, how you share your feelings and how you meet your social needs from them.

Again there are people who tend towards living a life of isolation and may be the result of various causes like job, marriage life, illness, financial crisis etc. but there are people who love to be alone though we know being alone and lonely are two different things. But it may result in serious diseases with increase heart rates, blood pressure and in result the whole cardiovascular disorder and also affects parts of brain. Hence we need to be engaged ourselves with such activity that in a way lessen our psychological stress, which is best prevention of loneliness.