Loneliness can be depressing, but it may have helped humans survive

Re:Loneliness can be depressing, but it may have helped huma... by sridca on Monday September 05, 2016 @07:28PM (#12432772)

I took his "feel physical pain in your intestines and chest" to mean, in part, that "sinking feeling in the gut" which is due mainly to the stimulation of the Vagus Nerve[1].

These physical sensations follow the emotion (of loneliness) itself--an affective experience preceding, and triggering, the physical after-effects--which PieterH did not speak much about. I wonder why.

[1] See https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/2bakbc/e...

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Re:Loneliness can be depressing, but it may have helped huma... by 888uuii on Tuesday September 06, 2016 @08:40PM (#12440267)

raises hand

I don't feel loneliness in my gut; I feel it in my head.

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