5 Facts About Dangers Of Loneliness: Health Risk Issues That Will Blow Your Mind

Being Lonely Could Cause Health Issues

After doing some research, it appears that loneliness has a significant affect on both the physical and mental health of men. As a matter of fact, many psychologists and researchers are finding plenty of physical evidence to support the fact that loneliness has an impact on people.

1. Brain Perceives Loneliness Like It Perceives Physical Pain

One of the most surprising things discovered about loneliness is that it’s read by the brain in a very similar way to how it reads pain, essentially sending signals of danger and threat to the brain. Consequently, this causes the stress hormone cortisol to shoot through the roof, resulting in stress throughout the day. The person is constantly in a state of survival. As one can imagine, this brain and hormonal response has many detrimental affects on a person’s physical and mental health over time.

2. Increased Risk of Dementia

Because the brain is in this constant state of survival, it’s neuro pathways begin to alter and change, but not for the better. Those who live alone or are in nursing homes by themselves were found to have a much higher rate of dementia compared to those with families. Some state that being alone increases the chance of dementia by 64 percent. Worse yet, symptoms of dementia include

social withdrawal, intensifying the problem even more.

3. Increased Risk of Heart Disease

Just when one thought Dementia and increased cortisol levels were bad enough, genes of “chronically lonely individuals [were found to experience over-expression that” causes long term inflammation and damage to the heart, effectively leading to heart disease. Fortunately, anti-inflammatory medicines are known to significantly slow down or stop this process all together. However, fixing the problem at its core, rather than bandaging it with medicine, is a much better, permanent solution.

Although not scientifically proven, some speculate that loneliness can increase the risk of cardiac arrest: a heart attack’s far deadlier cousin.

4. Shorter Life Expectancy

Many studies have shown that those who live alone are more likely to experience an early death, usually resulting in either a heart attack, stroke or other complications.

Therefore, people need to start viewing loneliness as a legitimate health concern instead of a sheer mental state. Even after the studies ruled out things such as depression and other circumstances, loneliness was still found to have a real affect on both mental and physical health, so it’s not just a mere mental state.

5. Sleeping Disorders

Not only are those who are alone were found to have more sleep disorders, but it only makes sense. Because the brain reads loneliness the same way as pain, increased cortisol levels will make it that much harder to sleep. That doesn’t even include other aspects, such as depression, that inhibit sleep even more. Sleep deprivation is also known to have many detrimental affects on one’s mental and physical, effectively creating a negative feedback loop.

As one can see, the negative health affects that loneliness has on men is a very real concern. On the other hand, those who are married were found to have much better overall physical and mental health.

*Reduced Chance of Heart Attacks

According to doctors in Finland, marriage reduces the risk of heart attacks.

In fact, married men are 66 percent less likely to develop a heart attack. Aside from that, having a significant other reduces the chance of death by having immediate help around in the case of a medical emergency, such as a heart attack or stroke. This trend was more commonly found among men.

*Encourages Safer Behavior

When one thinks about it, it only makes sense: One who is alone is less likely to value life, making dangerous, life-threatening decisions. Those who aren’t alone, on the other hand, do highly value their life and do everything they can to stay safe and alive.

*Reduced Chance of Stroke

Married men are 64 percent less likely to suffer from a stroke, according to the American Stroke Association. As with a heart attack, they’re much more likely to receive immediate medical help as well, due to having someone with them.

Although those who weren’t happy in their marriage didn’t “score” as well as those happily married, they definitely “scored” much higher than those alone.

*Lower Stress Levels

Naturally, because the brain isn’t perceiving a constant state of loneliness, or pain, it produces a far lower level of cortisol.

Furthermore, those who were in a relationship were found to have much lower levels of stress. Love alsostimulates certain chemicals in the brain that greatly reduce stress.

*Married People Are More Likely to Survive Major Surgery

A 2011 study found that happily wedded patients who have gone through major surgery were three times more likely to survive 15 years later compared to unmarried people. There’s no doubt that a significant other definitely keeps a person going.

*Reduced Chance of Developing Mental Illness

A 1991 study found that both married men and women were far less likely to suffer from a severe mental illness, including chronic depression. However, this isn’t all that surprising when one considers that love is an essential biological need of every human being.

Perhaps the decrease in marriage rates and increasein divorce rates is partly responsible for many of the mental health problems

found today.

Verdict

There’s no longer any doubt that loneliness has serious, negative affects on a man’s mental and physical health. Unfortunately, bad marriage and divorce statistics, along with social flaws, don’t make matters any better. However, Asian women have consistently been found to be sane, level headed, peaceful and highly family oriented. If one cannot fix their loneliness in the short run, they can always look for other alternatives to improve their health.

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