Chronic Loneliness: Why Loneliness Can Make Us Even Lonelier
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loneliness / social isolation / cognitive bias / adolescents / mental health
Chronic Loneliness: Why Loneliness Can Make Us Even Lonelier
Loneliness can be more than a temporary feeling. For some, it becomes an invisible vicious cycle. Chronically lonely people experience social exclusion more intensely and find less joy in social interactions. They fall into cognitive traps that block the way out of isolation. This can have serious consequences, especially for adolescents. But how does this vicious cycle develop –and more importantly, how can it be broken? / more
Your mother, metaphors, and other monkey business: How experiences of physical warmth shape how we think about relationships
keywords:
embodiment / social cognition / conceptual metaphors / loneliness
Your mother, metaphors, and other monkey business: How experiences of physical warmth shape how we think about relationships
Peter was a student in his early twenties, and apart from several inconsequential trysts, had spent most of his life alone and indifferent to the world of love and romance. He had, in fact, become so accustomed to this lifestyle that he assumed this would be his fate, and had made peace with the prospects of a cold and lonely existence. This assumption was proven wrong when Peter met Gwen, a girl Peter had chanced to meet in one of... / more