Your brain is afraid when you are alone
Two years to go but where we stood, we are probably still a there-infinite influx of stress, chaotic life, and unendurable social isolation. This is the bane of the Pandemic that makes people feeble enough to cope up with outcomes resulting in mental instabilities as the connection of humans with each other is tampered with and lost.
What is the situation like? Confined to home; what a plight of caged bird? Only a small piece of freedom slipped away and find out why the bird of the cage yearns to take flight in the open sky. An invisible power has tied up everyone and it seems impossible to get out of it. Never thought or seen such a thing. Humans are social beings and with the interruption of contact between humans, everything goes amuck. Our brains are not pre-trained to handle these sudden drastic changes. This is why the psychological health of the people is deteriorating. The feeling of loneliness and distress strengthens its root in the people whom the Pandemic has stripped apart.
Throughout history, the survival of human beings depends on the human connection. When this connection is robbed by any known or unknown element, the brain gets alarmed and works harder to deal with the unexpected switch. What did this Coronavirus do with us? This virus has raised a threat to our brains as it seized away our primary support system which is now inaccessible to us. No personal or business meetings, no get-togethers, no celebrations, and no hang-outs. Although virtually through a large number of applications-WhatsApp, Facebook, Zoom, Meet we can establish a virtual contact with associates, family, or friends but cannot feel connected in reality. Loneliness and emptiness linger on and eventually making personalities hollow and frozen.
The Brain Feels Dejected
With normal proximity to each other, the stress responses in human beings are relatively less. Social isolation is extremely stressful and triggers the tension area in our brains. Most of us have experienced that when we are alone, we feel more scared and our brain gets disturbed at the slightest sound. This is because the brain is worried about the forthcoming danger. Supposing now-if your brain is an afraid personality, you tend to have higher stress responses whereas if you are being around your family and friends, the brain is calmer because it is quite aware that you are with someone who loves you or cares about you. When social support is absent, your brain sees the threat differently and produces more stress hormones which mean more challenges to combat when you are alone.
Social Connection is the Fuel of the Brain
The brain is active and de-stressed when it has a social connection. It craves human interaction for its healthy survival. It is very simple to understand that how eating food is important for our survival similarly social connectivity is the fuel that drives this engine. The more we are connected less it is stressed. The interaction of a human with another human is crucial and mandatory.