The divergent thinking process makes people feel that they are alone, even if they are in a crowded room. But what forms that thinking process? Is it negative feedback for attempts to form social relationships in childhood?
Why some people are lonely? The reason for that is that they are different, they have different values, or they have something in the past, which means they don't like the same things as other people. In some cases things like discrimination at a young age cause situations that a person will not want to discuss with other people.
If nobody discusses with the person in childhood and gives positive feedback. That causes a situation where the person will not want to begin discussions with other people. In that model, the result of the learned things is "strange behavior". If a person ever gets positive feedback from their attempts to discuss with others. That thing causes a situation where the person will not dare to start discussions or even find the company. In the worst cases, people are yelling things like "bug off" at the child that tries to participate in discussions.
Sometimes people are saying that lonely people are just thinking other ways. Sometimes the reason why, the person just doesn't want to discuss with other people is that they are different. But in that case, the relationship between the group and the individual is that there is something. That makes the group unable to accept some individuals.
Or otherways there is some kind of thing that makes the situation that individuals don't want to begin discussions with other people. Sometimes people say that lonely individuals are "weird". Sometimes that weird behavior is the result of discrimination where the individual will lose the willingness to talk with other people.
Researchers from the University of Southern California made the research topics "Why do some people feel Lonely, even in a crowded room"? And the next part is a direct quote from the article "Divergent Thought Processes: Why Some People Feel Lonely, Even in a Crowded Room", published in ScitechDaily.com. The conclusion is that some individual's different ways to handle or processing situations at the neural level (at least sometimes) are learned from the environment.
"New research in Psychological Science indicates that lonely individuals process the world differently than their peers, regardless of their social network size. The study, led by Elisa C. Baek, used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scans to compare the brain activity of 63 first-year university students. The results showed that lonely individuals’ neural responses were dissimilar to both non-lonely and other lonely participants. The researchers suggest that this idiosyncratic way of processing the world may contribute to the reduced sense of being understood that often accompanies loneliness. Further research is needed to determine the underlying cause of these results and to identify potential pathways for reducing loneliness". (ScitechDaily.com/Divergent Thought Processes: Why Some People Feel Lonely, Even in a Crowded Room)
It means that when a person does not receive positive feedback in social situations, it causes a difference. And the difference from the majority causes a situation where different ways of dealing with the situation start to be emphasized. Separation emphasizes different ways of processing information. And it increases the differences in the ways of perceiving and reacting to the environment. And it begins to highlight the deviant thought process and values of individuals. Compared to other people. So the negative feedback causes a spiral where the person stands out more and more from the majority.
“We found that lonely individuals are exceptionally dissimilar to their peers in the way that they process the world around them … even when taking into account the number of friends that they have,” said lead author Elisa C. Baek (University of Southern California) in an interview. Her study showed that lonely individuals’ neural responses differ from those of other people, suggesting that “seeing the world differently than those around you may be a risk factor for loneliness, even if you regularly socialize with them.” (ScitechDaily.com/Divergent Thought Processes: Why Some People Feel Lonely, Even in a Crowded Room)
"Lonely people process the world idiosyncratically, which may contribute to the reduced sense of being understood that often accompanies loneliness,” the researchers explained". (ScitechDaily.com/Divergent Thought Processes: Why Some People Feel Lonely, Even in a Crowded Room)
"Additional research is needed, to, determine the underlying cause of these results, however, Baek said". (ScitechDaily.com/Divergent Thought Processes: Why Some People Feel Lonely, Even in a Crowded Room)
“One possibility is that lonely individuals do not find value in the same aspects of situations or scenes as their peers,” Baek and colleagues wrote. “This may result in a reinforcing feedback loop in which lonely individuals perceive themselves to be different from their peers, which may in turn lead to further challenges in achieving social connection.” (ScitechDaily.com/Divergent Thought Processes: Why Some People Feel Lonely, Even in a Crowded Room)
"Another possibility is that loneliness itself could lead people to process information differently, the researchers added". (ScitechDaily.com/Divergent Thought Processes: Why Some People Feel Lonely, Even in a Crowded Room)
"In either case, learning more about how lonely people think, and how to promote shared understanding, could help identify new pathways for reducing loneliness, Baek said". (ScitechDaily.com/Divergent Thought Processes: Why Some People Feel Lonely, Even in a Crowded Room)
https://scitechdaily.com/divergent-thought-processes-why-some-people-feel-lonely-even-in-a-crowded-room/
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