Social pain theory, developed by US psychologists Geoff Macdonald and Mark Richard, expresses the pain and emotional reactions that occur as a result of the exclusion and devaluation of the person by the person they are close to.
According to neuropsychologists, social pain develops due to the exclusion experienced by the person and has the same neuroanatomical effects as physical pain. In other words, the person feels the feeling of being excluded in his soul and body, and the pain continues as long as he does not heal the wound.
The fact that the pain felt in the body and the pain we feel in our soul have the same neuroanatomical basis indicates the balance between the soul and the body and that both conditions affect each other. That's why we have to show our effort to protect our body to protect our mental health.
The concept of social exclusion is the situation in which the individual is deprived and isolated from all kinds of social interaction by the group or society he is in. This situation damages the person's self-perception and causes him to develop a thought that he is not worthy of being loved.
Social exclusion does not only occur among small groups, it is also experienced in the political, ethnic and economic fields, and it spreads rapidly through media tools. You see, the picture of a man or woman with Islamic symbols is reflected on the screens and the person becomes a person known to the whole world by being associated with violence and terrorism.
The masses are immediately affected by the fact that they do not have the consciousness to question who and for what purposes these images are reflected on the screens, and they exclude people carrying Islamic symbols from the social sphere and begin to harbor hatred. The elderly, the poor, the disabled, the homeless, refugees, blacks, Roma, etc., whom our supreme religion wants us to protect. they are exposed to social exclusion and violation of rights all over the world.
Neuropsychiatrists state that the brains of people give the same reaction in situations such as exclusion that occurs between political, ethnic, sectarian or small groups, and in situations such as resentment or being ignored, which we often encounter in daily life.
In other words, whether exclusion is political, cultural or economic, it shows the same symptoms in the soul and body of the person. And people who feel excluded, feel that they are not loved, deprived of the value they deserve, and are not in a safe area and show the following reactions:
People who feel excluded may exhibit behaviors that harm themselves or the society.
They can show adaptive behaviors in order to be accepted into the group. By expanding their circle of friends, they are trying to repair the damage that has occurred in their self-esteem. They isolate themselves and isolate themselves from society.