Researchers found 1/4 of women & 2/3 of men chose --- electric shocks over their own company

[kpete]

People, and especially men, hate being alone with their thoughts so much that they’d rather be in pain. In a study published in Science Thursday on the ability of people to let their minds “wander” — that is, for them to sit and do nothing but think — researchers found that about a quarter of women and two-thirds of men chose electric shocks over their own company.

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2014-07/uov-dsi063014.php
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2014/07/03/most-men-would-rather-shock-themselves-than-be-alone-with-their-thoughts/?hpid=z1
http://www.boomantribune.com/story/2014/7/3/154538/5799

[ClarkeVII]

1. Very interesting study...

But I would argue that you can definitely ponder, think or daydream while listening to music.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

2. Or while fishing.

[hobbit709]

3. first thing that flashed through my mind

Prefer electric shocks over their own company they work for.

I think I'm alone with my own thoughts too often.

[winter is coming]

6. Apparently, so am I. n/t

[catrose]

13. That's what I thought

and could see how that would be true.

Should we maybe teach kids to meditate so that they learn to be alone with themselves?

Some of us would rather be alone...with cats, of course.

[magical thyme]

15. thst's right where my head went too.

and then wondered about the duration and strength of the shocks.

[ReverendDeuce]

4. Demonstrates the deep desperation of our time... and more!

The people that shock themselves are the poor folks who have given their lives to constant stimulation. Be it smartphone, texting, attention seeking, etc -- it's all a natural expression of the extroversion required to constantly distract from the horror of their own mortality.

Deep man, deep...

[Ilsa]

5. I had no idea that so many men were afraid

of their own psyches.

[surrealAmerican]

7. What a sad group of people we are.

Has this percentage changed over time? Is it related to our overstimulating cultural environment?

[Octafish]

8. That explains a lot.

Zzzzzzap! Ouch! Ouch! Ouch.

Again:

Zzzzzzap! Dude!

[VanillaRhapsody]

9. Or you could have PTSD and then you don't want to be alone with your thoughts....

some people cannot even sleep without something to entertain their minds so that they can go to sleep.

[A Little Weird]

10. Wow that's really shocking

I guess I live in my head too much sometimes but I feel overwhelmed if I don't get some quiet time in the day to just think and daydream.

[Orrex]

11. I admire the way that this experiment was conducted

[pipi_k]

12. Yeah, I read that on one of

my newsfeeds last night and thought, wow...that's really strange.

There are times when that's all I do, is sit and think about stuff.

And while my mind can stray into some not-so-fun territory sometimes, most of the time I find it pretty darned entertaining.

[catbyte]

14. There must be something wrong with me. I love being alone!

Well, alone with the kittehs...

[magical thyme]

16. I love doing nothing.

I love just sitting and doing nothing. I spent 30 minutes this morning in a guided meditation. When it got to the point that the guide was instructing listeners to open their eyes, I just wanted her to shut up and leave me where I'm at in blessed silence w/brain in theta. Next time I listen, I'm leaving myself more time and shutting off the tape at those instructions.

[KittyWampus]

17. Just as we suffer if we don't get enough sleep, I wonder if there are deleterious effects

for not getting enough/any Theta.

And if those deleterious effects are so common they are just considered "normal" or attributed to something else.

[JHB]

18. Any cross-tabs on that? Age? Occupation? FOX viewership?

Social class?

Frequency of being in a position where you have it bite your tongue?

[former9thward]

19. Another dumb study.

It only proves that those "studied" have never received a true electric shock.