Jake Whitney Week 8

My book is called Loneliness: Human Nature and the Need for Social Connection. It is by John T. Cacioppo and William Patrick with some random illustrations. As I have continued to read this book, I have learned that everyone is lonely by some measure. The problem occurs when you are lonely for extended periods. The pain that you experience during these times is acutally a biological function eveloved over time to combat this loneliness because humans, as primal creatures need social interaction. The authors also describe loneliness as a perpetual cycle where once you are in that cycle it is hard to break out of because loneliness by its very nature is the absence of connections but you need those connections to break the cycle. The book also talks about Phineas Gage for anyone who has taken psychology here. The book offers hope for anyone who is lonely because loneliness is not wanted or accustomed in human nature so it is overcomable. There is really nothing to connect to Of Mice and Men, Flowers for Algernon, or Catcher in the Rye yet but I hope there is something to connect too soon.