• May 3, 2024

Is loneliness good or bad? There is a loneliness What can be beneficial? Of course! Which leads us to be silent and capture ideas and inspiring thoughts, full of peace and love that make us feel accompanied.

The loneliness as well as the company are subjective states; You can be in the presence of a crowd and feel the coldest solitude, or be alone and feel accompanied and happy.

Good or bad for your health?

In that loneliness We can discover something transcendent for our life and even witness some revelation. This silent language of clear ideas does not lead to sadness or lack of inspiration but to the propitious ground for prayer, where we take off the bustle and claim of the senses to find unity with God.

But what can we say when that solitude speaks to us of "absences", of a void and discouragement, difficult to overcome?

Loneliness is not considered only an evil of the soul but also affects the body.

According to the researcher Lisa Jaremka, from the Research Institute of Behavioral Medicine at the Ohio State University (USA), the perception of one's own loneliness can trigger not only serious pathologies, but even the premature death of the person.

Recent research shows that individuals who feel alone tend to have high rates of reactivation of latent herpes virus, also producing a greater amount of proteins related to inflammation in response to acute stress.

The presence of said inflammation can be linked to the development of numerous pathologies. Loneliness, then, could trigger an uncontrolled response by the immune system

These examples show that a mental state can affect the physical and the environment of the person, because it impacts the same individual and also the family group that surrounds him and that does not value as such.

How to find an answer to this enemy of humanity?

First, the person who feels loneliness is looking for the company to install itself in his life, he does not feel that he has to contribute anything by himself. Maybe you expect it from a couple, from a possible friend, from a family member.

The ability to open up to others, listen carefully to who they are in front of, feel that others are willing to help, is the first step.

In short, a change in behavior causes one to forget about loneliness and begin to understand that it is just as important to be accompanied.

The first Christian leaders understood this in a practical way, knowing that "it is better to give than to receive".

Why? Because the ability to "give" makes us feel that we are supplied and complete, that we have values ​​to share, and that is the true company that never leaves us alone or empty.

Start the day grateful for what we already have, to be able to say to someone "I love you", "thank you", "to say hello smiling to others" and to be willing to "forgive some offense", is to show that we are well, that we do not lack nothing, and this kind of wealth makes us feel accompanied and at peace.

This is the most valuable presence. Combat isolation or dissatisfaction is available to everyone, right now.

Do not be afraid to be rejected, or express your feelings towards others. Give without expecting to receive anything in return.

What one shares with the environment inevitably returns to our life. He is a boomerang, capable of overcoming that strange "solitude" that "accompanied" him perhaps, for so long.

Find good moments to share; Do not forget that at least two are needed to share.