Many Arab and Muslim citizens fall into the traps of loneliness, isolation, and narrow-mindedness, which makes them vulnerable to being preyed upon by human wolves who show no mercy to the young or old, as they are criminals searching for weak prey that can easily fall.
Therefore, we can say that although the modern human has been interconnected with the world since childhood due to easy mobility, the availability of technology, and the digital world; which exposes him to great risks if he is not fully protected scientifically, culturally, and religiously from the surrounding challenges, yet we see that loneliness has become a common disease. There is a shocking diagnosis that says it is the "number one killer" in modern society. Scientists have been warning for 15 years about the dangers of loneliness on human health, as researchers have prepared 148 studies worldwide related to this matter, and the results were terrifying!
According to those studies, loneliness and social isolation have the greatest effect on human lifespan, exceeding the impact of alcohol addiction and obesity. There has also been an increase in some people’s isolation from society that has been noticeable for years, creating many pathological cases including deadly narcissism, which drives a person to think only of himself away from others and sees himself as a superpower pushing him to commit follies that may rise to the level of crime and then to the abyss.
Isolation, therefore, is not just an uncomfortable feeling but a matter that can have very serious effects and a negative impact on health. The question here is why do some people rush towards loneliness, especially among adolescent youth in exile?
The answer to this question, as scientists believe, is related to human history, family upbringing, and the societal environment, when living together was a fundamental condition for survival. Life within the group is easier when there is sincere and honest dialogue language with a real reality, not an illusory reality imposed by technology, which distanced them from the basic concern towards the common denominator in ethical, educational, and human collective work to secure the future, including food, education, reproduction, and above all protection from dangers such as facing predatory human animals.
Leaving the group means facing the dangers of life alone, which results in psychological tension that drives the body to face many health warnings due to the loss of security available in the group. This is what the criminal seeks when targeting a victim of this kind to completely control them, thinking that by doing so the matter is finished and he should move on to other victims, but he ignores that this pathological condition may contribute to his destruction and ruin when the victim sees what they are experiencing as a state of enslavement unrelated to human freedom, which makes them revolt against the circumstances that pushed them into loneliness, leading them to become victims of such human wolves.
Specialized scientists conducted an experiment on two people under different conditions to measure their stress levels by examining saliva to know the level of stress hormones in each. The results were:
The person who enjoys social relationships had a moderately elevated level of cortisol hormone because belonging to the group gave him security, according to researchers.
The person suffering from loneliness had a high cortisol level, and other studies showed that the level remained high throughout the day. The result is that the body of a person suffering from loneliness is more susceptible to potential health symptoms, such as reduced sleep, increased sugar and blood pressure, and a decline in immune system efficiency due to cortisol, aside from the emotional turmoil that makes this person weak, vulnerable, and exposed to great risks.
This leads us to confirm that loneliness and isolation from people cause serious diseases such as cancer, vascular diseases, and heart diseases due to nervous imbalance. Therefore, it is not just a transient social psychological crisis as some think but a severe pathological condition that may ruin the future of this adolescent if not addressed early, corrected, and treated.
Hence, we find that the feeling of loneliness is a painful experience for a person who deprives themselves of necessary social relationships, as they cannot see reality in its true form but through a narrow, poor-quality perspective compared to what is desired, which makes them pay a heavy price if they do not wake up and break free from this destructive isolation.
The experience of feeling lonely is very subjective; an individual can be alone without feeling lonely and can feel lonely even with others if they are not in harmony with the environment, resisting reality, striving for superiority, seeking attention, or perhaps falling victim to bullying that pushes them to withdrawal and isolation.
Prolonged loneliness is linked to depression, weak social support, neuroticism, introversion, rebellion against reality, fear of the future, and rejection of the present, making this person vulnerable to identity assassination, whether by their own hand or through human wolves.
Studies have shown that psychological loneliness exposes people to the risk of physical diseases and may contribute to a shorter lifespan. More dangerously, adolescent youth in exile are pushed to commit sins that haunt them for life, which may drive them to suicide or fall into the quagmire of crime and the resulting permanent loss of future.
In my estimation, this matter requires sincere, honest, radical, and strict cooperation at societal, family, individual, and religious institutional levels to protect this core from being lost.