Self-evident truths that both cannot be true.
Human beings is members of a social species.
infants dependent on parents.
parents take care of infants.
our evolutionary advantage:
our survival depends on our collective abilities, not our individual mind.
definition: create a merging structures to extend beyond a organism, from couples, families, school, nature and culture.
too grow into adulthood, is not become autonomous and solitary, is to become the one on whom others can depend.
good: kind, generous, compassionate, empathic
> care about themselves and others
evil: cruel, greedy, exploitative, selfish
> treating other unfairly in order gain and advantage/ benefit. selfish at the expense of other.
Aversive signal to motive us to act
hunger > low blood sugar > motivate you to eat
thirst > dehydration
pain > an aversive system to notify us of potential issue damage > motivates us to take care of our body.
the pain and aversiveness of loneliness of feeling isolated from those around us is also a part of biological early warning machinery to alert you to threats/ damage to your social body
heartbreak of home sickness
the agony of bereavement
the torment of unrequited level
effects of loneliness
Loneliness has been characterized as non-chronic disease without redeeming features.
loneliness equated with shyness and depression
with being a loner/ a person with marginal social skills
the prevalence of loneliness is so on the rise.
loneliness is stigmatized > psychological equivalent to being a loser in life/ a weak person.
Living with loneliness > major risk factor for broad-bases morbidity/ mortality
too stuffer deleterious physiological consequences and abbreviated lifespan
being on social perimeters not only sad but dangerous.