More than half of the US population feels lonely. This started increasing and due to Covid 19 it became worse

The Loneliness Pandemic

You can be alone and feeling fine, but when you feel lonely you can even be a mum people and still having this emotional burden on you.

Difference Between Alone And Lonely

According to the research of Julianne Holt-Lunstad, professor of psychology and neuroscience at Brigham Young University, and colleagues, the heightened risk of mortality from loneliness equals that of smoking 15 cigarettes a day or being an alcoholic, and exceeds the health risks associated with obesity. Researchers are now actively studying the mechanisms by which loneliness affects health, including its relationship with inflammation and harmful changes in DNA expression. “So what we are looking at is whether some people are in a chronic state of mild inflammation.”

The Health Risks

“It affects anyone subject to exclusion, including people who don’t meet our beauty standards, people with disabilities, even many older adults….Society systematically excludes people, often.”

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The Loneliness Pandemic

Difference Between Alone And Lonely

The Health Risks

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