Various empirical studies indeed show that there is a relation between real and perceived deprivation, feelings of powerlessness and low self-esteem on the one hand and radicalization on the other hand (Buijs et al. 2006; Kuhn 2004).
You can do something about decreasing your overall sugar consumption without feeling deprivation or sheer frustration!
What American right-wing populists and Indonesian Islamists have in common is their sense of deprivation, the feeling they are losing power and drifting into a marginalized existence.
When the fast empties you out during Ramadan, no matter how well you adjust to the deprivation, you never stop feeling the tug of hunger.
This is an England still in the early '60s, feeling postwar deprivation, and Johnson records descriptions of faded restaurants and railway cars along with bitterness at having to make a living among the hacks of his contemporary Grub Street.
I told my non-Muslim friends, who always accompanied me to dinner in the dining hall at sunset, how the entire holy month of Ramadan to me was about feeling suffering and deprivation.
Even if we succeed in denying ourselves the pleasure that comes from certain culinary delights, the sense of deprivation that usually comes from feeling that our freedom is being curtailed often results in the experience of resentment and an inclination to react by rebelling against the alleged depriver, even if that person happens to be ourselves.
Even partial sleep deprivation causes feelings of stress, anger, irritability and sadness.
The effects of deprivation and feelings of marginalization may also be associated with mistrust in doctors and the medical system, including concerns that organs might be used for medical research or that less effort will be made to save the lives of potential donors.
While you may only be aware of feeling mentally sluggish, sleep deprivation can negatively affect your whole body, including your liver and your heart.
