Do you sometimes feel lonely? Does this feeling last for long? So be careful because this may lead to many problems for your health. Studies have shown that permanent isolation puts us at risk of physical harm, and its effect may be similar to the effect of deprivation of food for long hours!
Humans usually need companionship as much as they need water, air, and nourishment. A new study by researchers from the University of Vienna in Austria and the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom has found that 8 hours (480 minutes) of loneliness can drain energy and increase fatigue as much as 8 hours without food in some people.
According to the report, it appears as if the low energy is the result of changes in the body's balanced response, as the body translates the lack of social contact into a form of biological interaction.
“In the laboratory study, we found striking similarities between social isolation and food deprivation,” says the study's first authors, psychologists Anna Stegowicz and Paul Forbes from the University of Vienna in Austria. Both conditions caused decreased energy and increased fatigue.
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