The benefits of isolation
The benefits of isolation are many, but few of
us realize it. Did you even sit for a few minutes in solitude with yourself
without feeling lonely? If you don't, you've missed out on a lot. Because
social isolation is the only opportunity to discover your identity, develop it,
and change your bad qualities. It is also necessary to develop your spiritual
side and strengthen your relationship with God.
So what are the benefits of isolation?
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Inner
focus is the most important benefit of solitude
Undoubtedly, humans are social beings.
But a little isolation is inevitable in order to achieve one of the most
important benefits or benefits of solitude, which is inner focus, i.e., focus
on oneself.
Thus, discovering its features, secrets,
and priorities, in addition to charting its own path and vision without being
affected by human patterns and opinions.
The concept of isolation in psychology is
based on calm and stillness, which makes your brain in a state of rest, which
cannot be achieved when someone is next to you, because this pushes you to
mental wandering.
Thus, in the absence of this distraction,
daydreaming activates the “default network”, a region in the brain that helps
you understand your feelings and the feelings of others, in long-term focus, in
strengthening memory, in remembering the past, in thinking about the virtual
present and visualizing the future.
In other words, periods of isolation help
you when you socialize with people, and prepare you to be more understanding of
other people's feelings and differing opinions, and more sympathetic to their
conditions.
Which makes your relationship with them
more deep and solid. Being alone also makes you more aware of yourself and your
feelings, which increases your physical and intellectual productivity.
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isolation
helps boost creativity
Initially, Gregory Feist, a creative
psychologist at Saint Jose University in California, defined creativity as
thinking or activity based on originality and utility.
He also saw that creativity is linked
to openness to new experiences and ideas on the one hand, and independence or
lack of interest in social interaction on the other. In a clearer sense, one of
the benefits of social isolation is the promotion of creative thinking, through
focusing on work, reflection and foresight.
In addition, there are three types of
social isolation: shyness, unwillingness to socialize, and a natural tendency
to be alone. Dr. Bowker and her colleagues indicated, for the first time in a
recent paper, that creativity is linked to a tendency to loneliness and an
unwillingness to socialize. This is in contrast to previous research that
stated that lack of social contact can lead to psychological damage.
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Mental
health is one of the benefits of social isolation
In Fest's view, “Almost all things
can be adaptive. And any disorder can be caused by a malfunction. If one cuts
off contact with people and stops caring for them, this could indicate a
pathological neglect of social relations.
But the creative lack of mingling is
completely different.” It is also very difficult to achieve relaxation,
self-awareness and reflection on life unless you practice social isolation from
time to time.
In addition, introverts have fewer but
stronger friendships, which makes them happier. They focus on quality, not
quantity, in relationships and on many other things.
Regular social relations are evidence of
their choice of isolation away from compulsion, and their freedom to determine
the nature of these relations. This is good and comfortable for them, as there
is no need to change the nature of their introverted personality.
So, isolation has a mental health
benefit. Researchers have discovered that feeling lonely can strengthen parts
of the brain responsible for memories, future planning and imagination.
The importance of solitude in developing the spiritual side
Being alone gives you wisdom, that is,
the ability to control all aspects of your life. This protects you from anger,
surrender, and submission to human whims and self-injustice, and helps you
achieve success.
How can you strengthen your
relationship with the Creator if you are preoccupied with Him by the crowded
life, running after everything and not even having time to catch your breath?
Let go of this crowding spread in all the details of your life, in your phone,
your closet, your home and your thoughts.
Take a safe distance between you and the
world in order to develop the spiritual aspect in your life, because it is the
basis in all your dealings with yourself and with people.
Solitude is not hard to come by. Sure,
you can take a five-minute solitude to yourself to start with, and gradually
build up to a longer period of time. And to seize an important and necessary
opportunity for self-development and improving all aspects of life. But beware
of prolonged isolation, as it may cause you to have hallucinations or other
mental disturbances.