How Do Your Soul and Body Feel When You Are Alone?

When we are alone, our whole being suffers. Not only does our soul hurt. As recent studies have shown, our body is affected. Single people, who lack the support of family and friends, have a higher risk of developing heart disease and even losing their lives due to these diseases.

Single people are prone to depression and anxiety, but also to harmful habits such as alcohol or smoking, which leads to an increased incidence of heart disease. In addition, when we feel that we have no one to live for, we often forget to take care of ourselves and even engage in self-destructive behavior.

Loneliness can be beneficial in some cases when you want to find yourself and retreat. But feeling alone is completely different and certainly causes significant damage to your soul and body. The feeling of loneliness, of isolation, of not having anyone to share your joys and sorrows with, are all forms of stress that can affect the heart and blood vessels when it becomes chronic.

Loneliness is a feeling, not a state

Researchers distinguish between loneliness as a state, which can be harmless or even pleasant at times, and the feeling that you are alone and have no one to rely on. You can feel lonely even when you are in the middle of people if you no longer have the ability to reach out to them and share your feelings.

For example, a heart-operated California man says that although he had a lot of people around him, he did not feel connected to them. Dale Briggs, 63, was married, had an active social life, attended church meetings, and was extremely lonely.

"At that time, I had 15 people in the house all the time, but I would have given them all to someone who would understand what I was going through and talk to about my feelings," Briggs recalls. "I felt isolated in my mind as if I couldn't connect with anyone."

Depression and anxiety closely follow such a state of isolation and eventually lead to illness and even death. The statement "he died alone" is not an exaggeration.

Loneliness affects the heart

Although they may not be aware of this, lonely people tend to perceive social interactions as more negative. "The brains of single people are always on the alert for social threats," say the researchers. Studies have shown that single people have higher levels of cortisol, a hormone released in response to stress, and this constant state of stress produces "wear and tear" that can affect the cardiovascular system.

Loneliness causes an increase in vascular resistance - it becomes harder for the blood to move through the arteries. Over time, this resistance can promote high blood pressure, which is associated with atherosclerosis and heart disease.

Loneliness hurts our souls

When we experience acute loneliness, our soul bleeds. We often lose the very meaning of life, because man is generally meant to live with his fellow man as a social being.

But loneliness can also be felt in the midst of those you care about. You can love but still feel alone. This is a state of inner abandonment, rupture of relationships, and total lack of communication. People who experience the feeling of loneliness no longer feel loved, valued, they no longer feel important to those around them. They often lose their self-esteem and sense of purpose.

Most of the time, the loneliness felt in the depths of the soul brings with it depression, feelings of failure, and helplessness. Our heart is constantly assailed by negative emotions, from sadness to anger and a desire for self-annihilation. Against the background of loneliness, our soul can abandon rational judgment and reach extreme decisions, such as suicide.

In addition, feelings of loneliness are often expressed bodily, not just through heart disease, but through all sorts of somatic symptoms. The person feels permanently tired, lacking in mood, has the feeling of an evil that grinds him. Anxiety, anxiety, the feeling of threat are permanent guests in his life, as a result of the increase in the level of stress hormones.

Loneliness can be a gift

It matters a lot how you perceive loneliness. Because she can be an agent of destruction, but also a rescuer. For a person on the path of self-discovery and personal fulfillment, loneliness can be a gift or a necessary condition to advance on this path.

Loneliness helps us to get rid of negative relationships

When we choose a period of loneliness, we can re-examine our relationships and realize what is good for us and what are toxic relationships poison our lives.

After a period of self-imposed loneliness, we dare to break off harmful relationships and leave room for the Universe to bring in our way people with whom we are truly compatible.

Loneliness helps us to understand ourselves deeply

In general, we spend most of our lives looking outward, focusing on things like our position in the world, our relationships, our status, our money.

When we retire alone, we realize that all these are crutches that can no longer support us. On the path of our spiritual awakening, loneliness is the condition of setting aside the veils of the world and connecting us to our true being.

Loneliness helps us to regain our sense of divinity

When you are alone, the big questions of existence begin to haunt you. You wonder where you came from, where you're going, and why you came into the world. You access much deeper parts of the being and things that have been in the dark for a long time are revealed to you.

Eventually, you will reconnect with your divinity and deep self, which will give you a strong sense of purpose in the world, more wisdom, and power here on Earth. When you step inward, you find connections on deeper and deeper planes, your intuition awakens and you find your true spirit.

This happens automatically and is often the time when we begin to notice signs and messages, to feel present, to connect with spiritual guides, or simply a sense of fullness.

Loneliness helps us awaken our latent energies

When we are alone, we have more access to our subconscious resources and a sense of limitlessness. After such a period of retreat, we will return to the world transformed, with new forces, some of them beyond our comprehension. Then the Universe will once again become a mysterious and magical place, and our soul will be able to follow its true mission.