Researchers at the University of Chicago, Harvard, and the University of California-San-Diego show that loneliness is certainly contagious. If you are around a person that seems lonely you are more often found to be brought down to. I found this article on Sciencedaily.com.
Using longitudinal data from a large-scale study that has been following health conditions for more than 60 years, a team of scholars found that lonely people tend to share their loneliness with others. Gradually over time, a group of lonely, disconnected people moves to the fringes of social networks.[...]Because loneliness is associated with a variety of mental and physical diseases that can shorten life, Cacioppo said it is important for people to recognize loneliness and help those people connect with their social group before the lonely individuals move to the edges.
This article is saying that loneliness is contagious to everyone who is around the person who was lonely in the first place. Loneliness is a mental and physical health condition. After reading this article I realized that this all started to make sense. I put myself in the situation of being around a lonely person and if i realize or catch on to them being lonely i get down too. Also reading in part of the article it said loneliness can cause a physical disease that can shorten life! thats amazing to think that just by some emotions your feeling you can gain a whole disease that could possibly end your life.
I think you did a great job and your article is really intersting. It is amazing how loneliness can influence your health I never thought about that before.
ReplyDeletelove youu :)keep it up!
I really liked this article. It's interesting to think that someone else being lonely can bring you down and make you lonely too. I would think the people would be less lonely! :(
ReplyDeleteGood post, Steph, and I really like your choice of topic. I'm hopeful that as we continually learn more about how our minds work with our bodies to keep us healthy, we will begin to pay more attention to the importance of mental health; not only to us, but also to those around us.
ReplyDeleteThe mechanics of the post are really good, with the exception of it being a few days late. I would encourage you to proofread one more time before posting, as you've got a few minor grammatical and punctuation mistakes.
Another thing to think about: when your quoted text mentions a person's last name, it's usually a good idea to describe who they are in more detail. You leave your readers wondering who this Cacioppo guy is, and why he's qualified to comment on the subject of loneliness. You might try doing something like this:
"Because loneliness is associated with a variety of mental and physical diseases that can shorten life, [University of Chicago psychologist John] Cacioppo said it is important for people to recognize loneliness and help those people connect with their social group before the lonely individuals move to the edges."
Notice how I bracketed the extra information so that readers know it's not a part of the actual quote.
Good job. 16/25
I think this is really interesting, but weird at the same time. It is really scary to thinnk that if your lonely you can pretty much die!
ReplyDeleteThat is why im always saying to be positive, because i dont want you to get depressed and lonley and end up killing me. Selfish yes i know, but you always have to look out for your star player
ReplyDeletethats why is better to always think positive and not let loneliness destroy your positive goals
ReplyDeleteby heimy chavez
Loneliness can be very contagious. Especially when you act like everythings ok an its not. Staying positive is always the strongest step into staying active and responsive in a situation like this.
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