{"id":5836,"date":"2024-05-09T09:00:05","date_gmt":"2024-05-09T09:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=5836"},"modified":"2024-05-09T09:24:50","modified_gmt":"2024-05-09T09:24:50","slug":"how-loneliness-affects-the-brain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=5836","title":{"rendered":"How Loneliness Affects the Brain"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Feeling chronically disconnected from others can affect the brain\u2019s structure and function, and it raises the risk for neurodegenerative diseases.<\/p>\n

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Everyone feels lonely from time to time \u2014 after, say, a move to a new school or city, when a child leaves for college, or following the loss of a spouse.<\/p>\n

Some people, though, experience loneliness not just transiently but chronically. It becomes \u201ca personality trait, something that\u2019s pretty sticky,\u201d said Dr. Ellen Lee, an associate professor of psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego. These individuals seem to have \u201cthis persistent emotion that then shapes their behavior.\u201d<\/p>\n

Research is mounting that this type of entrenched loneliness is bad for our health and can even change our brains, raising the risk for neurodegenerative diseases. Here\u2019s what experts know about how chronic loneliness affects the brain, and some strategies to address it.<\/p>\n