Saturday, September 15, 2007

Lonliness is bad for health

loneliness couldbe bad for your health,psychlogists has warned.when the psychlogists looked at the lives of the middle-aged and old people in their study,they found that although the lonely ones reported the same number of stressful life events,they identify more source of chronic stress and recalled more childhood adversity.
when faced with similar challenges,the lonlier people appered more helpless and threatened.and ironically,they were less apt to activity seek help when stressed out.
The psychlogists look urine sample from both the lonely and the more contended volunteers,and found that the lonly ones had more of the hormone epinephirine flowing in their bodies.
Epinephrine is one of the body's "fight or flight"chemicals,and high levels indicate that lonely peoplego through life in a heightend state of arousle .as with blood pressure,this psychlogical toll likely becomes more apperent with ageing.
The researchers,however clarified that lonelyness is not the same as solitude.
Some people are just finewith being alone,and some even see solitude as en importent path to spiritual growth.