Its an evolutionary trait. When we're feeling lonely, we experience a heightened sensitivity to danger and threats in a social context.
The reaction that makes us want to spend extended time alone is called "preventative rejection", and in theory is protecting us from further rejection and negative interactions with others.
This allows us to minimize the damage from any negative interactions that might have caused the loneliness to begin with, but in the long term leads to potentially self-defeating feelings of hostility, fault finding, and self blame.
Why does feeling lonely make you want to spend more time alone?
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September 19, 2014
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