From the I-Just-Thought-This-Was-Interesting Dept--and, I have to admit, I found it interesting because for many of us, as persons with Moebius Syndrome, we don't find it easy to make new and close friends, we sometimes find that people shy away from us...and so: some of us don't have what you'd call close friends. But--we're not alone. Read on:
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Having no close buddies might sound lonely, but it's not so rare—at
least not according to a British study that finds that almost one in 10
people lack close friends.
In other words, about 4.7 million Britons don't have BFFs, the Guardian notes; that's a "significant minority," a researcher says. The study was based on 5,778 people over the age of 16 in the UK.
Does the same friendship figure apply in the US? An expert tells Today it's "a fairly safe bet." But a lot of people, he notes, see their spouses as their best friends.
And spending a lot of time focused on one's partner can limit one's
outside friendships, Geoffrey Greif adds. "Every couple has the same
struggle: How much time do I spend by myself as an individual? How much
time do I spend with my partner?" he notes.
"How do we balance these issues around time? It’s usually the
couple's friendships that go." The study also found that four in five
people report a good romantic relationship, but one in four feels
sexually dissatisfied, the Guardian notes.
Well, there's always chocolate.
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There is no such thing as "autism". Psychiatry itself is a bogus science. The following articles and essays explain this:
ReplyDelete12 Part essay that exposes psychiatry as a bogus science
http://antipsychiatry.org/
Inventor of ADHD: “ADHD is a fictitious disease”
www.currentconcerns.ch/index.php?id=1608
Co-Founder of DSM admits there is no way to scientifically prove that mentall illness is real
www.cchrint.org/psychiatric-disorders/psychiatrists-on-lack-of-any-medical-or-scientific-tests/
One year old babies and younger being put on psychiatric drugs
http://www.infowars.com/babies-on-psychiatric-drugs-crime-with-no-punishment/
Psychiatric Drugs Shorten Life Span by 15 years on average
www.stopshrinks.org/reading_room/antipsych/psych_drugs_shorten_life.html
Psychiatry is based on lies and falsehoods
http://jonrappoport.wordpress.com/2013/05/07/the-lying-liars-who-lie-about-psychiatry/
Psychiatry is a fake science
http://jonrappoport.wordpress.com/2012/09/05/more-evidence-psychiatry-is-a-fake-science/
http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/ciencia/ciencia_industrypsychiatry26.htm
Every human emotion is now a "mental illness"
http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/ciencia/ciencia_industrypsychiatry27.htm
Ten Myths about Psychiatric Drugs
http://www.metzelf.info/information/myths.html
Studies show psychiatric drugs have no benefits and are dangerous
http://childhealthsafety.wordpress.com/2011/08/17/three-new-studies-show-%E2%80%9Cpsychiatric-drugs-provide-no-benefit-and-are-dangerous%E2%80%9D/
Psychiatry is now giving 3 year old children drugs
http://www.anh-usa.org/medicaid-psychiatric-drugs/
Psychiatric drugs make you sicker
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/cross-check/2012/03/05/are-psychiatric-medications-making-us-sicker/
A few free eBooks talking about how psychiatry is a massive hoax
http://www.psychiatric-help.org/PSYCHIATRIC-HELP/default.asp
A list of THOUSANDS of psychiatrists who have committed crimes against their patients
http://www.psychcrime.org/database/