We often make assumptions about the things that make us lonely. But research shows that the amount of time you spend with other people, and the quality of our social skills don't really make a difference. So why is it that nearly half of the U.S. population reports feeling lonely regularly? Glad You Asked hosts Alex Clark and Christophe Haubursin set off to discover what causes loneliness, how it affects our health, and what to do to address it.
Resources for help:
Crisis Text Line
https://www.crisistextline.org
U.S - text 741741
Canada - text 686868
U.S. National Suicide Prevention Hotline
https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/
1-800-273-8255
IASP International Crisis Center Resource List
https://www.iasp.info/resources/Crisis_Centres/
SAMHSA Health Treatment Services Locator
https://findtreatment.samhsa.gov/
Thanks to Bumble BFF, the app Alex used to find friends:
https://bumble.com/bff
And to ROMEO Clubs:
https://romeoclub.com/
AARP Community Connections Locator
https://connect2affect.org/find-help/
Key Sources:
Loneliness: Human Nature and the Need for Human Connection https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2753527-lonelinessUnited
States Congress Joint Economic Committee Report - All the Lonely Americans https://www.jec.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/republicans/analysis?ID=FB0F036E-1047-4107-BEC6-0470D0345C83
Cigna’s U.S. Loneliness Index (2018) https://www.multivu.com/players/English/8294451-cigna-us-loneliness-survey/
Social Relationships and Mortality Risk https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20668659
American Enterprise Institute Report - A Loneliness Epidemic? https://www.aei.org/research-products/report/loneliness-epidemic-how-marriage-religion-and-mobility-explain-the-generation-gap-in-loneliness/
Toward a Neurology of Loneliness https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5130107/
Social Network Size in Humans http://courses.washington.edu/ccab/Hill%20and%20Dunbar%202003%20-%20Group%20size.pdf
You’ve Got to Have (150) Friends https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/26/opinion/26dunbar.html
0:00 Intro
1:15 Loneliness
2:29 Dating
3:46 Social Circles
5:50 Dunbar’s Number
8:31 Romeo Club
12:07 Evolution Of Loneliness
15:42 Paint Date
17:48 The Delilah Show
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