Loneliness is a universal human emotion that is both complex and unique to each individual. Because it has no single common cause, the prevention and treatment of this potentially damaging state of mind can vary dramatically. Emotional support is about helping to lift someone to higher ground so he or she can see their way through the difficulty. Having someone to rely on when the chips are down is one of the best parts of being in a relationship.

Recently we’ve been looking at a new classification of a sex doll, that we believe could have a great role to play in today’s society. We are talking about the Emotional Support Sex Doll.

It is not uncommon that in today’s busy world, and stressful work environment, people feel more lonely and anxious than ever before in the history of humankind. 

The Epidemic of Loneliness

What makes us happiest and content in life? Some people may point to fabulous fame and fortune. Yet hands down, surveys show that friends and family are the real prize. Even though our need to connect is innate, some of us are always home alone. On the flip side, some people who are surrounded by others throughout the day, or even be in a lifelong marriage, still experience a deep and pervasive loneliness. Feelings of loneliness and isolation affect all types and ages of people, although some, like adolescents and the elderly, are more likely to be impacted than others. It doesn’t matter if a teenager has 500 Instagram connections, that vast network can’t ameliorate the emotional desolation of loneliness. Fewer but closer personal relationships are more important. The elderly are also at high risk of loneliness and isolation. Research reports that more than 20 percent of people over age 60 frequently feel intensely lonely.

Suffering from loneliness is similar to suffering from physical pain. In one experiment, the use of Tylenol lessened the aches of loneliness. With a dose of acetaminophen, scans of lonely individuals showed reduced activity in pain-processing areas of the brain. In addition, loneliness heightens the fight-or-flight response—a physiological reaction when a person faces harm or danger. This heightened response can make a person irritable, even angry. Instead of welcoming connection with others, the lonely person attacks others in anger. He is under constant threat, thus feeding a detrimental cycle of isolation and disconnection. 

The fast pace of living the demands of today’s developing societies make emotional balance incredibly hard to achieve and maintain. For an average human person a healthy relationship with another human can be extremely beneficial and sometimes life changing. According to psychologists and MDs a healthy fulfilling relationship with another person provides not only emotional stability but is actually an important physical component of sustainable healthy lifestyle. It is not a mystery and it is not a surprise that feeling such as love devotion desire and passion can have an important and positive impact on our mental and physical state. This is due to the chemical reactions and chemical processes that occur when we experience those positive emotions.

Loneliness Is a State of Mind

While common definitions of loneliness describe it as a state of solitude or being alone, loneliness is actually a state of mind. Loneliness causes people to feel empty, alone, and unwanted. People who are lonely often crave human contact, but their state of mind makes it more difficult to form connections with other people. Loneliness, according to many experts, is not necessarily about being alone. Instead, if you feel alone and isolated, then that is how loneliness plays into your state of mind. For example, a college freshman might feel lonely despite being surrounded by roommates and other peers. A soldier beginning his military career might feel lonely after being deployed to a foreign country, despite being constantly surrounded by other troop members.

People who for whatever reason become deprived of company of another human might be at the risk of developing potentially negative conditions such as depression and anxiety. On the other hand though a challenging or difficult relationship can also have negative consequences and there are many examples of people who had decided to live a single life rather than remain in a toxic and stressful relationship.

While it might be argued that in some specific instances ending a relationship might be beneficial to our mental health and our physical state it is also a challenge at a certain age to begin a life of a single and look for another fulfilling relationship with a person. Emotional needs aside there is also a physical component and there is this self-consciousness that can negatively impact our search for another life companion. People do not like to live their lives alone, people do need another human being for a healthy development of their habits of their abilities of their cognitive skills. There are many examples in literature and in the movies that picture very accurately the negative effects of loneliness.

Take jungle book for example, a boy raised by monkeys was not able to develop all the necessary skills that would allow him to live in a society simply because his mind had not experienced the company of a human person. While an animal and not necessarily a primate such an ass and gorilla or a chimpanzee, can provide some emotional support and to some extent Can Even replace a relationship with the person it will never be able to offer the same scope of support as a person would.
The physical component of relationship is as important as the emotional one. Ability to communicate with another person ability to articulate and express our emotions, our concerns, our desires our needs is an inborn part of a human personality. And so is the need for physical affection and physical, sexual fulfillment.

Treatment For Loneliness

The increase in loneliness and its attendant health risks has not gone unnoticed in non-medical sectors. Writing in the Harvard Business Review in 2017 on work and loneliness, physician and former U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy noted, “During my years caring for patients, the most common pathology I saw was not heart disease or diabetes; it was loneliness.” Noting that rates of loneliness in the United States have doubled since the 1980s, Murthy called the condition “a growing health epidemic” and pointed to research showing that “loneliness and weak social connections are associated with a reduction in lifespan similar to that caused by smoking 15 cigarettes a day and even greater than that associated with obesity.”

Given that the deleterious effects of loneliness are being recognized and identified, what is to be done? In our opinion, love dolls, high-quality, silicone or TPE sex dolls, can provide a great substitute for the emotional support and physical fulfillment that sometimes can make a real difference. Sex dolls that look just like real people, are able to offer realistic and authentic facial expressions and that feel like human beings, can offer an important tool for battling loneliness, depression, anxiety.

Even the sheer presence of a silicone companion that reminds us of a person that we cherish, that we like, can potentially have a very beneficial effect to one’s emotional stability and balance. No research has been concluded as of yet and we are not in the position to make any medical claims, but it would be logical to argue that a quality sex doll can be a true life companion and could offer emotional and physical substitute of a relationship, even if only temporary.

 If it is a common practice in hospitals to offer children with serious medical conditions plush toys or entertainment such as visiting clowns, then it could be easily argued that a beautiful aesthetically made quality silicone doll can play a similar role in the life of an adult battling difficult personal conditions and challenges.

We hope to see some medical research or at least some sociology study that could actually measure the benefits of buying a love doll.  One of the most popular uses of our products is photography and fashion. Many of our customers find enormous amount of joy and fulfillment in exploring their photography and fashion skills while using the doll as their model. This is a perfect example of a positive impact in a positive change that a sex doll can make in one’s life.Of course there is also a physical component but it is not a necessary use, it is an optional opportunity that our customers have should they wish to choose so. We believe that a well-designed quality made original sex doll from the AmericanSexDolls.com will soon become a new therapy standard for those struggling with depression, relationship related anxiety, self-consciousness and sexual disorders.

Visit our store to find a perfect doll companion today. And you can read more about the loneliness and emotional support therapy. RAnd learn how the researchers and scientists are now also looking to find a treatment for loneliness