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  2. Loneliness - Wikipedia

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    Each human being comes into the world alone, travels through life as a separate person, and ultimately dies alone. Coping with this, accepting it, and learning how to direct our own lives with some degree of grace and satisfaction is the human condition .

  3. Solitude - Wikipedia

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    There are both positive and negative psychological effects of solitude. Much of the time, these effects and the longevity is determined by the amount of time a person spends in isolation . [ 11 ] The positive effects can range anywhere from more freedom to increased spirituality , [ 12 ] while the negative effects are socially depriving and may ...

  4. Social isolation - Wikipedia

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    The effects of experimental manipulations of isolation in nonhuman social species has been shown to resemble the effects of perceived isolation in humans, and include: increased tonic sympathetic tone and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) activation and decreased inflammatory control, immunity, sleep salubrity, and expression of genes ...

  5. Loner - Wikipedia

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    A third type of loner is described as not experiencing loneliness during long periods of solitude, or in a different way to how forcibly isolated individuals practicing social interaction would. [10] However, individuals often experience all three types interchangeably . [11]

  6. The Epidemic of Gay Loneliness - The Huffington Post

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    But the real effect of the apps is quieter, less remarked-upon and, in a way, more profound: For many of us, they have become the primary way we interact with other gay people. “It’s so much easier to meet someone for a hookup on Grindr than it is to go to a bar by yourself,” Adam says.

  7. Nature deficit disorder - Wikipedia

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    Nature-deficit disorder is unrecognized by most medical institutions. Some preliminary research shows that lack of time outdoors does have negative effects on children's mental well-being. [7] [8] Most research relating to nature-deficit disorder does not specifically mention it by name.

  8. Negativity bias - Wikipedia

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    The negativity bias, [1] also known as the negativity effect, is a cognitive bias that, even when positive or neutral things of equal intensity occur, things of a more negative nature (e.g. unpleasant thoughts, emotions, or social interactions; harmful/traumatic events) have a greater effect on one's psychological state and processes than neutral or positive things.

  9. Wikipedia:Database download - Wikipedia

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    Windows 95, 98, ME have a 4 GB limit for all file sizes. Windows XP has a 16 TB limit for all file sizes. Windows 7 has a 16 TB limit for all file sizes. Windows 8, 10, and Server 2012 have a 256 TB limit for all file sizes. Linux. 32-bit kernel 2.4.x systems have a 2 TB limit for all file systems.