Thanks for your answers!How does isolation and loneliness affect a person's mental health?
You don't actually need isolation for loneliness - it's a term for the subjective feeling, though it's more common when alone.
There is no one effect of isolation - some people prefer it, some people become depressed, or anxious, or anti-social. Lonliness is almost always a negative feeling, and can lead to depression.How does isolation and loneliness affect a person's mental health?
Isolation and loneliness may not be. It depends on the individual and how they meet their circumstances. Isolation would not affect everybodys mental health on the contrary some individuals would actively seek this out re Lighthouse keepers, farmers and people living in remote islands. Aloness is not the same as loneliness. Its not what happens to you in life that matters, it how you approach it. For those who have mental health difficulties through isolation and loneliness they should seek out those who do not suffer mental health issues and learn from them. Rather than running of to see a psychiatrist or be put on medication.
I increasingly isolated myself as a teenager due to social anxiety. By the time I was 17 I had completely isolated myself.
Now at 23, I struggle with social situations, like maybe I missed out on properly developing my social skills. I have a few really close friends at work, and a couple outside of work. So basically when I am not at work, I am alone.
It gets boring and frustrating, that's about it. I can deal with people fine now, but I'm not sure how to meet people and how to break the ice in a new relationship.
I'm not depressed over it though, my self esteem is ok.
As human beings, we need interaction with others. We feel we need to talk to people, and to have physical contact with others. It makes us happier, we can get things off our chests and it brightens our day to spend time with people we care about. Deprived of social contact, we come bored and in extreme cases and individual could become depressed or introverted.
Social needs are very important to people. Almost as important, if not as important, as physical needs. It's difficult if not impossible for a person to feel satisfied with their lives without fulfilling, interpersonal relationships in them. It's just a part of who we are as humans. We're social animals. We're not like cats who can be alone all the time and be perfectly fine. Our brains are not wired up for this. Lonliness and intimacy problems are at the core of many obsessive/compulsive behaviors and addictions. And, since addictions can kill a person, especially substance abuse, lonliness can kill you.
If you're feeling good, then you're creating a future that's on track with your desire.If you're felling bad, you're creating a future that's off track with your desires. As you go about your day, the law of attraction is working in every second . Everything we think and feel is creating our future. If you're worried or in fear, then you're bringing more of that into your life throughout the day.
So try and think good thoughts please.
Everyone is different, if your someone that needs to feed off other peoples energy and be in social situations you will probably become depressed and it could lead into a range of problems, however if you like being by yourself and dont feel the need to be around others its fine if that makes you happy
As Rambling Sid Rumpo used to say, ''I think the answer lies in the individual''.
Isolation and or loneliness need not (automatically) affect a persons mental health ....in a negative way.
Some do, some don't, some will n some won't be affected.
Any answer in the negative, is going to be subjectively personal as to the How and or the Why of an experience.
However, I suggest that feelings of abandonment, uncared for, neglected, forgotten about, indifference to, unworthy of attention, betrayal are some of those things that might be at the core of an experience.
Sash.
yup, loneliness can make u depressed i think. you need to socialise, get out more, join clubs an make friends to keep you going.
Lack of social interaction, can make it harder to socialise in general later on, this can affect people mentally because they may feel angry and bitter towards other people or themselves for not having friends.
Hi, You can be in a room full of people and still be lonely. Being alone and being lonely. Some people need to be on there own sometimes others need company of others to feel safe. On the other hand a person who feels that they are lonely can become , depressed, confused and ever suicidal. We as human beings need the comfort of our fellow beings to feel safe but often this is not the case. We tend to shut ourselves away as we get older to feel safe behind a locked door. So it;s like self solitary confinement.
Hope this helps
Dr K.I.A.
This isn't religion, but one of the worst times a person's mind is/can be affected by satanic forces is when he/she is often isolated. Voices in the head seem louder when it's quiet and you're alone.
Downer thoughts, i.e, self-pity, bad experiences, regrets, feeling lonely and unloved, rejected, failure, etc., are inspired by Satan. He is not a man in a red suit with a forked tail, but a big liar and negative influencer.
Thoughts of life: words spoken by God, to lift a person up. As a person gives his/her heart to Jesus Christ, a new creature on the inside is formed. Then by God's word, he/she can begin to take on the mind and character of Jesus, submit to Him and resist Satan and his temptations.
This change improves one's mental health. I know. The devil (or Satan) tried to steal my sanity years ago. I asked the Lord for help, and He delivered me.
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