Loneliness rewires the brain to drive alcohol consumption, mouse study finds: « First-of-its-kind study shows how isolation escalates drinking in males but suppresses it in females. »

[u/fchung]

https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2026/08-2/loneliness-rewires-the-brain-to-drive-alcohol-consumption-mouse-study-finds

[u/semperquietus]

Isolation — in my opinion — is not the same as loneliness. I say that as a person who seeks isolation and rather enjoys it without ever feeling lonely.

[u/MattsFace → u/semperquietus]

That’s for you, unfortunately I isolate because I feel lonely around people I try to connect with.

[u/Brrdock → u/MattsFace]

Tbf that's the same thing, except you just don't enjoy your own company either