Loneliness

Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell · 28.1M views · 2019-02-17 · 13:07

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Overview

Kurzgesagt explains why humans feel loneliness, its evolutionary role, and how modern life can turn it into a harmful downward spiral. It cites research and offers ideas on what to do about it.

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Shared in loneliness threads as a well-sourced, empathetic explanation, including for people struggling with it.

Recommended by 4 HN people across 3 months · HN mentions 2019–2022

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Psychology & human behavior Mental health & neurodiversity

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rayraegah · 2019-06 · Strong recommendation
Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell had an excellent research report as video summarizing loneliness, published earlier this year [0] with sources linking to the facts in the video [1]. [0]: [VIDEO] [1]: [LINK]
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paull39 · 2022-03 · Recommendation
Sorry for the YT link but from "Kurzgesagt - in a nutshell" there is a really nice video about loniless. Maybe it does help you in the short term too. [VIDEO]
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nyxtom · 2019-06 · Recommendation
Great explanation on why we should simply treat loneliness like a symptom of being hungry. As you form healthier habits in general around socializing, the person becomes more whole and in doing so you grant yourself additional opportunities to meet people, engage in conversation, and increase the probability of friendships and relationships. [VIDEO] The other thought process I've been subscribing to lately is the idea that you have to actually become the kind of person that "can socialize" or that "can be friendly" before you suddenly find yourself in: a friendship, a relationship, a marriage, a solid social network. None of these things come over night and they certainly don't come easy for people who are stricken with the habit of isolation. Once you make decisions and form actual habits around trying to be friendly to other people: - put yourself in a situation where you have the opportunity at all to socialize (a store, a coffeeshop, a restaurant, a club, a meetup). Socializing doesn't mean you have to be friends with the person, it seems to be about just being the kind of person who is even able at all to be friendly - make an observation (the weather, the environment around you, the place you're at, something someone is wearing, a pin, a shoe, an outfit, a drink, a dog... whatever - just make any observation at all and comment on it) - listen (observe how the other person make the same or differing observations; listen to any other observation other people make, interna
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