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== Loneliness == | == Loneliness == | ||
Incels are also often experience loneliness which may in part be caused by being ashamed of their lack of sexual success. | Incels are also often experience loneliness which may in part be caused by being ashamed of their lack of sexual success. | ||
Incels are also often depressed, e.g. in an informal survey, 49.3% of [[ | Incels are also often depressed, e.g. in an informal survey, 49.3% of [[incels.co]] users reported to have no friends.<ref>https://incels.co/threads/survey-results-for-october-2019.147774/</ref> | ||
It is of course not clear whether inceldom causes loneliness or vice-verse, but both is plausible. | It is of course not clear whether inceldom causes loneliness or vice-verse, but both is plausible. | ||
Loneliness is associated with a large array of diseases, sometimes causally. Loneliness has an expected negative effect on health comparable to chain smoking or obesity.<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill#Loneliness_increases_premature_death_rates_by_26.25_and_is_as_deadly_as_obesity</ref> Anticipated loneliness has been shown to reduce intelligent thought with large effect size.<ref>https://doi.org/10.1037//0022-3514.83.4.817</ref> | Loneliness is associated with a large array of diseases, sometimes causally. Loneliness has an expected negative effect on health comparable to chain smoking or obesity.<ref>https://incels.wiki/w/Scientific_Blackpill#Loneliness_increases_premature_death_rates_by_26.25_and_is_as_deadly_as_obesity</ref> Anticipated loneliness has been shown to reduce intelligent thought with large effect size.<ref>https://doi.org/10.1037//0022-3514.83.4.817</ref> | ||
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== Depression == | == Depression == | ||
Incels are also often depressed, e.g. in an informal survey, 59.4% of [[ | Incels are also often depressed, e.g. in an informal survey, 59.4% of [[incels.co]] users reported to be depressed.<ref>https://incels.co/threads/survey-results-for-october-2019.147774/</ref> Again, it is not known to which extent inceldom causes depression or vice-versa, but both is plausible. | ||
There exists evidence that depression permanently damages brain functions and lowers IQ. Recovery from depression largely restores cognitive performance, but some deficits remain, possibly especially in verbal performance.<ref>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1572949</ref><ref>https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1440-1819.2006.01564.x</ref> Some of this may be caused by permanent shrinkage of the hippocampus, possibly caused by cell death due to stress.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/jun/30/chronic-depression-shrinks-brains-memories-and-emotions</ref> | There exists evidence that depression permanently damages brain functions and lowers IQ. Recovery from depression largely restores cognitive performance, but some deficits remain, possibly especially in verbal performance.<ref>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1572949</ref><ref>https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1440-1819.2006.01564.x</ref> Some of this may be caused by permanent shrinkage of the hippocampus, possibly caused by cell death due to stress.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/jun/30/chronic-depression-shrinks-brains-memories-and-emotions</ref> | ||