The Surgeon General of the US recently released a report on loneliness. In it, the physiological effects of loneliness were found to be equivalent to smoking 15 cigarettes a day. These kinds of physiological findings just affirm what all of us already know, loneliness hurts! It hurts us both psychologically and physically.
Surgeon General's Report
Articles of Loneliness
https://ggia.berkeley.edu/practice/feeling_connected
Link to Epidemic of Loneliness from Psych with Mike
https://psychwithmike.com/the-epidemic-of-loneliness
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