How To Cure The Loneliness Epidemic

Published 05/14/2023 · Updated 05/14/2023

Here are six things we can do to help solve the loneliness problem:

There is an epidemic of loneliness and lacking connection can increase the risk for premature death to levels comparable to smoking 15 cigarettes a day, according to a new advisory from the U.S. Surgeon General.

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The report released recently, titled “Our Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation,” finds that even before the COVID-19 pandemic, about half of U.S. adults reported experiencing measurable levels of loneliness.

And it warns that the physical consequences of poor connection can be devastating, including a 29% increased risk of heart disease; a 32% increased risk of stroke; and a 50% increased risk of developing dementia for older adults.

To read the full story on the website of National Public Radio, click here.

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Peter Karwacki says:
05/15/2023 at 7:31 AM
The individual needs to join groups, like it or not.
The group would be the basis for future contact with other individuals.
This could include a nature, recreation, religious, environmental or other such group.
The problem is that the groups need leaders.
Ottawa used to have a program called “Leadership Ottawa” of which I was an alumnist.
It guided keen individuals into their “free” program to instruct in how to grab the bull by the horns and expand their comfort zones. To step forward when no one else would.
Leading a group is not easy but as indicated by the NPR article, this is the community skill that is needed now more than ever.
The answer is to facilitate organizations like the now defunded and defunct Leadership Ottawa.
sisco farraro says:
05/15/2023 at 10:56 AM
The onset and continued growth of “everything online” is having an enormous impact on our society. People pay bills online, do their banking online, communicate with their “friends” online, shop online and then laud the fact that everything is “so convenient”. Human beings are gregarious. Chit catting with a stranger while standing in line at a bank can be fun, pushing a shopping cart through a store is better exercise than filling a “cart” while sitting at a keyboard. Let’s stop making Jeff Bezos rich(er), he’s already got more money than he needs. A week ago my wife and I handed a $5 bill to a girl at the drive-through at Starbucks and she asked “what’s this”? This young lady really needs to get her face out from behind her telephone and meet her “friends” realtime.