Is health all about the workout and good food? Here is how social distancing is evolving as a potential health hazard.
The era of social distancing is something we involuntarily acquired as a scheduled lifestyle. Going solo with the everyday routine and mingling only on a social network does not sound boring. But recent studies demonstrate otherwise. Here is why people find it difficult to swallow the guidelines of social distancing in the long run.
The journalists and public health experts have analysed people and their work progression to create a general gist of the changes people were forced to adapt to. For about a year, the fatigue of running for the job has increased anxiety, frustration, boredom, frustration and hopelessness.
The researchers who concern themselves with the phenomenon have received more traction. Two similar yet independent studies found that people tend to get bored more likely that others to flout the social distancing guidelines. The boredom prone individuals appear to be at higher risk of breaking the guidelines and going back to the routine of meeting up with people in real life, hence subjecting a threat to health.
Before going into depths, let us understand boredom by its definition. Across western humanities, boredom was considered as an individual failing. The German pessimist Arthur Schopenhauer stated boredom as the sensation of emptiness of existence. It merits a neutral reading for desires. Its dedicated losing focus is something we all go through at some part of our life. Be it shutting down the workplace or working from home, the change should not lead to dullness.
When people lose focus and meaning, boredom hits manifolds. You can be bored when you lose sense at work or if it is too easy or difficult for you. A comparison was made on people to find how elevated boredom levels are prone to making everyone feel unhealthy.
Rule-breaking behaviour is affected by age and gender the most. The individuals who scored large five-point scale proneness to boredom are relatively low on self-control.
No single factor can explain 100% of human behaviours. The Westgate is not surprised that people prone to boredom were able to socially distance themselves. Momentary boredom is not inherently wrong, but it can pose a severe threat to the public as it grows over a more extended period.
