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SleepyE
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What causes social isolation to deteriate mental health?
#22318230 - 10/01/15 09:57 AM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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I have always wondered this, i myself tend to go through long periods of isolation from friends when they are busy and since there arent many options since i live in a pretty small town.
After a while of isolation i find it rather difficult to keep my thoughts healthy.
if i go for too long my thoughts start turning on me to a point where it kind of makes me feel suicidal. Like my brain starts looking at myself in a bad light because i dont have reenforcement all the time that im perfectly fine like most peoples social circles do.
then that causes depression.
i try to enforce that how im seeing myself is just delusion brought on by lack of social positive re-enforcement at the time but its tough to fight it off.
when i havent had a conversation with a person in a long time it actually starts causing me a bit of distress its weird. Do these symptoms happen to everyone if they go through periods of isolation?
i wonder if there are ways to keep your mind healthy while you are in isolation. working out a lot and focusing on art seems to help but its not a perfect solution.
what do you guys do to keep your mental health good when you are isolated for long periods of time?
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Re: What causes social isolation to deteriate mental health? [Re: SleepyE] 1
#22318275 - 10/01/15 10:06 AM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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i like thinking of my isolation as a prison sentence, im just doin my time i guess
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Re: What causes social isolation to deteriate mental health? [Re: SleepyE]
#22318363 - 10/01/15 10:22 AM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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Limit the isolation. Thats the way to keep it healthy. I found myseld in the same boat some years back.
My mind working agaisnt itself. "Dont know what to think, i dont think what i know, i feel like im a lunatic, and afraid its starting to show."
As mammals, it is basic instinct to live in a pack. To be social. We cant do it all. Everyone has a job and task.
Find someone to be in isolation with. Or someone you can be in isolation with, and still feel isolated, and nit invaded of privacy. Theres a good relationship. F7nd like minded people
Most important, kill your comfort zone and go do things in places you usually wouldnt. An uncomfortable spot. Say maybe a mall. A high density locale. After spending enough time, it will be your new comfort zone. Take all the opportunities given. Doors will open.
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SleepyE
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Re: What causes social isolation to deteriate mental health? [Re: WhyDidiDoThis]
#22318372 - 10/01/15 10:23 AM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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thanks! so bottom line, there are no mental tricks to keep ones mental health stable in long periods of isolation?
does everyone snap after a certain point?
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Re: What causes social isolation to deteriate mental health? [Re: SleepyE]
#22318387 - 10/01/15 10:28 AM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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Does everypne snap after a certain point point? YES! Im losing it as we speak. I need to be back in California again. I feel trapped here in WA.
Any mental tricks to keep it healthy? Sure!
Limit TV.. especially commercials, dont watch that toxic shit.
No more whacking your pud.. all sorts of chemical imbalances waiting to happen. It will cause you to lose patience in people lmao.
If you f8nd you mind convincing its self of bull shit, immediately leave your isolation and seek humans asap. Even if its just walking around.
Do you social anxiety? I hope not. That makes thinfs so much harder. Good luck bro. Stay out of extended isolation.
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Re: What causes social isolation to deteriate mental health? [Re: WhyDidiDoThis]
#22318404 - 10/01/15 10:31 AM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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YES toxic shit, i was watching horror movies and literally felt like killing myself last night and this morning
right on the ball there.
my thoughts were positive until i was watching that lol.
i guess i should not expose myself to negativity when im in an unstable environment.
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Edited by SleepyE (10/01/15 10:31 AM)
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Re: What causes social isolation to deteriate mental health? [Re: SleepyE]
#22318446 - 10/01/15 10:36 AM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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i have social anxiety when it comes to meeting new people without a friend to introduce me, but its not crippling.
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Re: What causes social isolation to deteriate mental health? [Re: SleepyE] 1
#22318460 - 10/01/15 10:39 AM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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Never look down. If eye contact is hard, Look directly at their eyebrows. Above the eyes. Its more comfortable for both parties, and they cant tell the difference.
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SleepyE
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Re: What causes social isolation to deteriate mental health? [Re: WhyDidiDoThis]
#22318482 - 10/01/15 10:43 AM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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thnx for the advice although i dont think i have issues looking at people. just get anxiety when talking.
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Re: What causes social isolation to deteriate mental health? [Re: SleepyE] 1
#22318490 - 10/01/15 10:44 AM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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SleepyE said: i have social anxiety when it comes to meeting new people without a friend to introduce me, but its not crippling.
I have social anxiety with a friend or without a friend, which sucks. It literally takes me a year to warm up to someone new I might see/work with everyday, even if they're nice and friendly.
I can relate to a lot of your posts SleepyE.
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Re: What causes social isolation to deteriate mental health? [Re: Lucis]
#22318595 - 10/01/15 11:03 AM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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how i can articulate whats happening in my head is that when i dont have people to interact with to keep me grounded in this world, life starts to feel like limbo or some sort of I am Legend senario, and it just seems pointless, like there is no feedback information so my mind starts thinking this world is a dead end and my brain starts fantasizing about death and the possibility that there is some place to go after dead.
its like ive hit a dead end and my mind starts fantasizing that things will start moving again in a different world with a fresh start.
but then i snap out of it and tell myself that things can still flow in this world i just gotta keep working hard, hence the prison sentence, im sure eventually i'll break out if i work hard enough.
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