Here's how loneliness affects you physically and mentally.
今天的内容是:孤独如何影响身心健康。
Loneliness is as bad for you as smoking 15 cigarettes a day and it might even be worse for you than obesity.
孤独的危害相当于每天吸15支烟的危害,甚至可能比肥胖危害更甚。
It's easy to blame technology as a source of the loneliness we all seem to be feeling, but this problem of disconnection has been going on for decades.
人们很容易将孤独的根源归咎于科技,但其实早在几十年前,问题就已经出现了。
We just live lives that are more isolated from each other from our families and from community. So what goes on in your body when you've been feeling lonely for a long time?
我们只是过着与家人和社区更加疏离的生活。那么,长时间感到孤独的话,身体会发生什么变化呢?
Loneliness sets you up for a lot of mental health problems. It disrupts your sleep, makes you more vulnerable to anxiety and depression.
孤独会导致很多心理健康问题。它会扰乱睡眠,人会变得更容易焦虑和抑郁。
And it keeps you trapped in your problems, because when you need help from other people you aren't able to get it.
孤独会让你陷入问题之中,因为当你需要别人的帮助时,却无人帮你。
But it also messes with your physical health. The longer you're lonely, the more stressed your body is and the worse your immune system functions. This makes you vulnerable to all sorts of diseases.
孤独也会影响身体健康。孤独时间越长,身体压力就越大,免疫系统功能就越差,越容易感染各种疾病。
There are many ways to become lonely and there's many ways to get out of that problem.
有很多方法可以让你变得孤独,也有很多方法可以摆脱孤独感。
But the consistent theme seems to be finding a way to feel safe in a group situation and learning how to develop authentic connection with another person.
重点是找到在群体环境中获得安全感的方法,并学习如何与另一个人建立真诚的关系。