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[Einchy]

This is why we need virtual reality to hurry the fuck up. I need to hook up to the Matrix already.

 

[FUME5]

Act like you've been there before.

You aren't implying that blamespace is Jesus are you?

 

[HellofaMouse]

Well, yeah, it's not healthy to be unhappy.

Loneliness leads to unhappiness.
Unhappiness leads to stress.
Hate leads to suffering.

Procastination leads to unemployment.
Not drinking water leads to dehyhdration.

 

[Jzero]

What if you like being alone? Does that also kill you?

 

[spekkeh]

It's logical that people who are lonely die early, because nobody is around when they're lying on the floor with cardiac arrest. It's one of the arguments why wine drinkers seem to live a lot longer. Not so much the drinking, but likely having a social life when they're old.

But not to worry, you can also die from a broken heart.

So gaf, you are already dead twice.

 

[Always-honest]

Well, yeah, it's not healthy to be unhappy.

Loneliness leads to unhappiness.
Unhappiness leads to stress.
Hate leads to suffering.

Haha

 

[blame space]

It's logical that people who are lonely die early, because nobody is around when they're lying on the floor with cardiac arrest.

god, this made me laugh really hard.

 

[Damon Bennet]

 

[entremet]

There are a lot of studies suggesting chronic loneliness is bad for your health, and it includes people who say they're fine being alone. Human beings evolved in groups. We're wired up to need social interaction. If we don't get it, we suffer stress and increased cortisol levels, which damage a variety of our body's systems. More and more it's being investigated as a public health risk, as the incidence of self-reported loneliness increases.

Yep. The elderly being especially vulnerable.

 

[Chariot]

Glad I got a waifu so I will never be lonely.

 

[spekkeh]

Also nobody telling you move that lard ass from the couch you used to be so handsome and romantic always getting me flowers not like you are now eating chips in your sweatpants playing video games ugh I hate you always fake my orgasms luckily I don't need to anymore I'm leaving you for Bruce.

Stay lonely GAF, it's the better life.

 

[Dead Man]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takotsubo_cardiomyopathy

Because this weakening can be triggered by emotional stress, such as the death of a loved one, a break-up, or constant anxiety, it is also known as broken-heart syndrome. Stress cardiomyopathy is now a well-recognized cause of acute heart failure, lethal ventricular arrhythmias, and ventricular rupture.

Damn.

 

[Dastardly Jerks]

I just overheard someone saying this today and did a quick Google search and I'm not sure what to make of it. But apparently not being social can cause premature death.

Oh thank GOD.

 

[entremet]

What if you like being alone? Does that also kill you?

Solitude is fine.

Excessive loneliness is not. That's evolution for you, bro. An excessively isolated hunter gatherer was a dead hunter gatherer. We needed to be part small bands to survive.

 

[A Fish Aficionado]

There are a lot of studies suggesting chronic loneliness is bad for your health, and it includes people who say they're fine being alone. Human beings evolved in groups. We're wired up to need social interaction. If we don't get it, we suffer stress and increased cortisol levels, which damage a variety of our body's systems. More and more it's being investigated as a public health risk, as the incidence of self-reported loneliness increases.

to add to that, loneliness means an increase in risk of depression, and sleep problems, which greatly increase risk in terms of physical health.

 

[RedShift]

I just moved house from a place which was basically just renting a room and I didn't know anyone living there to a flat with two guys I know.

Not being lonely every evening/weekend I can't find friends to do stuff with is so much better.

 

[Bare Grills]

Loneliness is like my best friend

 

[DrFurbs]

My research examines this. Loneliness mediates and moderates an enormous range of mental health and well being factors.

It's one of the main factors in suicide.

 

[Baron Doggystyle von Woof]

Yes, people need communication with other people.

 

[Wilsongt]

In a sense, yes. Social isolation has been documented to cause increase in heart disease as well as other symptoms that can lead to an early death.

 

[Log4Girlz]

I try not to jerk it too hard

 

[vocab]

If I didn't have a group of people online that I talk to on a daily basis I don't think id last long. I really dislike my life.

 

[LUFTRAUSER]

It doesn't kill you, it just speeds up the rate at which you die.

 

[Sijil]

Wouldn't be surprised, everytime I clock off work and get back to my empty house I feel I lost the will to live. Kind of pointless when you don't have anyone.

 

[SPCTRE]

if you find this interesting, be sure to also check out Kaspar Hauser

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaspar_Hauser

and the Kaspar Hauser Syndrome (aka Psychosocial short stature (PSS))

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychosocial_short_stature

 

[Condom]

I forgot this was a thing. So unfair.

 

[liliththepale]

Contact with other humans (especially physical contact) releases endorphins and whatnot that help keep you healthy. My mentor says you need 30 seconds of physical contact a day or more, which is a nice baseline I try to keep to.

 

[blame space]

calling bullshit on endorphins

 

[M0nochromatic]

My various dakimakuras keep me company.

 

[commedieu]

More fear mongering from the liberal media. On gaF no less? Shocking.

 

[liliththepale]

calling bullshit on endorphins

bullshit owns

 

[Zepp Twofist]

Can't this simply be a case of nobody being around to help you when you have serious medical issues. Both acute like a heart attack or stroke, but also stuff like reminding/inspiring you take care of your health day to day?

 

[spekkeh]

My mentor says you need 30 seconds of physical contact a day or more

 

[spekkeh]

Can't this simply be a case of nobody being around to help you when you have serious medical issues. Both acute like a heart attack or stroke, but also stuff like reminding/inspiring you take care of your health day to day?

Yes.

 

[Renekton]

Does Facebook help?

 

[glow]

Loneliness bullets don't have names written on them but lonely dead people have names.

 

[Nezumi]

Everything can kill you.

 

[liliththepale]

Does Facebook help?

I would guess no, but you can probably determine this on your own based on whether browsing Facebook makes you feel better about yourself or not.

 

[flaxknuckles]

Gottdamn I'm gonna die. I had a good run I guess.

 

[Professional Enthusiast]

I've had Sims die from loneliness before, so I always imagined it could happen to us. I wonder if, like in the game, the last thing a lonely person does before dying is curse at the sky and curl up in the fetal position?

 

[Langdon Alger]

RIP me

.

 

[Eusis]

I just overheard someone saying this today and did a quick Google search and I'm not sure what to make of it. But apparently not being social can cause premature death.

Why else are we on forums? It's like a vaccine.

 

[Htown]

well shit

 

[foxuzamaki]

Its constantly up for debate but there are people who allegedly died from broken hearts

 

[Kurtofan]

act of mercy from mother nature

 

[daniels]

And i was sooo convinced its just another "internet" rumor thing.. freaking weird

http://edition.cnn.com/2015/03/17/health/loneliness-risk-death/
http://time.com/3747784/loneliness-mortality/

 

[entremet]

Does Facebook help?

Not related to mortality, but face to face contact is essential for developing and maintaining empathy.

Online communication does not compare at all.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/27/opinion/sunday/stop-googling-lets-talk.html?_r=0

In 2010, a team at the University of Michigan led by the psychologist Sara Konrath put together the findings of 72 studies that were conducted over a 30-year period. They found a 40 percent decline in empathy among college students, with most of the decline taking place after 2000.

Across generations, technology is implicated in this assault on empathy. We’ve gotten used to being connected all the time, but we have found ways around conversation — at least from conversation that is open-ended and spontaneous, in which we play with ideas and allow ourselves to be fully present and vulnerable. But it is in this type of conversation — where we learn to make eye contact, to become aware of another person’s posture and tone, to comfort one another and respectfully challenge one another — that empathy and intimacy flourish. In these conversations, we learn who we are.

Of course, we can find empathic conversations today, but the trend line is clear. It’s not only that we turn away from talking face to face to chat online. It’s that we don’t allow these conversations to happen in the first place because we keep our phones in the landscape.

Explains internet asshole syndrome.

I've been there too. I'm definitely nicer in person! But not seeing facial expressions, vocal tone, and the like makes it very hard. We're just not wired for it.

 

[True Savior]

Does contact with dogs count?

I dont have a dog though

 

[entremet]

Does contact with dogs count?

I dont have a dog though

Dog owners show better health outcomes than non pet owners. The additional exercise, sunshine, and physical touch are very helpful.

 

[Shadax the wizard]

I've heard several stories of older couples when either the husband or wife dies, the other dies soon after because of the loneliness and/or broken heart syndrome.