Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
An updated survey from Gallup shows that one in five U.S. adults say they were feeling lonely. The poll asked “did you experience loneliness a lot of the day yesterday?” Gallup said 20% of ...
1 in 5 Americans are lonely every day. A new Gallup survey published on Tuesday found that 1 in 5 Americans reports feeling lonely on a daily basis. While this number is concerning, it’s ...
Loneliness is a major problem in the U.S. The Surgeon General, Dr. Vivek Murthy, sounded the alarm about America’s “loneliness epidemic” in 2023, citing the connection between loneliness and ...
Those without friends are more likely to feel lonely. Chronic loneliness is linked to poorer sleep and increases the odds of cardiovascular disease as much as smoking 15 cigarettes per day would. This may be because people who are chronically lonely develop long-term "fight-or-flight" stress signaling, which negatively affects immune system ...
The review notes that from 1990 to 2010, the number of Americans reporting no close confidants had tripled. [5] A number of studies were published shortly before the COVID-19 pandemic by academics such as Claude S. Fischer and Eric Klinenberg. While it wasn't always clear to all scholars that loneliness was an "epidemic," the studies did ...
This year, the United States dropped out of the top 20 ranking in happiness for the first time since the report began a little more than a decade ago.
Loneliness in old age is the subjective feeling of being isolated or disconnected at an old age. It may be caused due to various social, physical and psychological factors. While loneliness can affect all human beings, older people are more exposed to risks resulting from life changes such as retirement, widowhood and health declines.
Myth #4: Being alone means being lonely. You might see someone eating dinner solo or on their own at a concert or movie screening and think, “Oh, they must be lonely.”