Alleiniges Wandern tief in einem Wald und ähnliche Episoden intensiver Einsamkeit regenerieren wahrscheinlich nicht so sehr die Energie und stärken die soziale Verbundenheit wie weniger vollständige Formen der Einsamkeit, wie zum Beispiel das Lesen in einem Café oder das Hören von Spotify beim Pendeln, wie Untersuchungen ergeben
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1068610
27 Comments
Well, what if I’m hiking deep in the forest, in solitude, with my dog, listening to Spotify and drinking hot coffee from a thermos on my routine breaks?
I’ve always said, “It’s not that I need to be alone for a bit; just that I need to be left alone for a bit”.
You mean that if I go in café and surround myself with people, I’ll feel more social connectedness than if I go all alone deep in a forest?
That’s research money well spent.
So, I feel anxious in a Caffè or listening to obnoxious djs
If I could get some extreme solitude, that would be great
I find that I love being by myself, around other people. Walking on a busy street at night, reading at a cafe like the title says, taking a train ride, etc. It feels like a perfect balance where I feel I can think and have space for myself, but also not feel lonely.
Look, I know it might be hard to find something to actually research. If that’s the case, instead of doing something like this, maybe consider a career in sales…
It’s different. It definitely doesn’t enhance social connections but who cares. You can do something else for that.
REALLY getting away from it all in the Forrest by yourself can be dangerous though. A twisted ankle and no cell service can kill you. Make sure people know where you are going or go with a friend.
I never hiked to gain social connection with others, or gain energy. Conversely it allowed me to have time and space with my own thoughts and feelings. A bonus was gaining a greater sense of something bigger than myself. Frequently what many call spirituality.
It does however, greatly increase your chances of something going “horribly wrong”. Jus’ sayin’.
So the psych department and their friends prefer reading in a café to hiking in the woods.
I would like to see how much selection bais is in this study.
Activity where I’m completely alone and disconnected isn’t as connected as sitting in public while minding my own business? Groundbreaking information.
I try not to be that one who says ‘isn’t that obvious’ in here but like… isn’t that obvious?
I’d like to participate in this study. I routinely spend time in the forest alone running – 8-12 hours at a time. I emerge in such a better state in so many ways. Although, reentry into normal things, like grabbing a beer at a bar post-run is hard… I do feel more able to connect. Fee this is similar for a lot of trail runners.
There’s no way in hell Spotify is in any way better than a solitary hike deep in the wilderness.
I’ve spent ample time doing both. Woods is better than Spotify in every conceivable manner.
^((This opinion stated as fact is likely subjective, despite being presented as objective truth. Poster is not liable for any disagreement, or any episodes of mental anguish experienced by readers, derived from the reading of this passage, and the information therein.))
It’s almost like hiking alone is supposed to be insular and relaxing
My favorite to myself activity recently was playing chess at a table in public, while listening to spotify. 10/10 would do for 4 hours again.
Why specifically Spotify? Why not just say Music?
Why would I be hiking in the woods alone if I wanted to enhance social connectedness?
Research conducted by Dr. Star Bucks.
One of my favourite Saturday routines was hiking a pretty tough trail with my dog with Spotify tunes running on my backpack speaker. Once we were done it was a nice ice coffee for me and timbits for her and chill at home for a bit and watch a show
This caption or head line is giving me a headache, what is it saying, why are there no punctuation marks?
Possibly a good scientific result. Two things:
1) What people do to recharge is different from person to person, this just shows one thing is not better than the other for most people. Intuitive, but necessary to have evidence to say scientifically it is true.
2) Recharging while alone is not everyone’s method of “recharging.” Many extroverts recharge while NOT being alone. Clearly beyond the scope of this study, but useful to keep in mind.
I don’t seek out solitude to enhance social connectedness, I do it because it’s nice to be alone in the woods, sometimes. This seems like saying that listening to podcasts won’t improve your hand-eye coordination. Well okay, that’s not why anyone does that.
intense solitude is dangerous because your can realise you like it and completely withdraw from society even more
“Intense solitude is not likely to enhance social connectedness” seems like a believable conclusion.
That is not what I want anyway. I would be a complete hermit if possible.
Dear Big office, I’m not commuting anymore! So stop trying!