2024 Author: Brian Parson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 15:02
Loneliness is the new world epidemic - this was alarmed by scientists from Brigham Young University through a report published by them in the authoritative medical journal Perpectives on Psychological Science.
According to them, the growing social isolation among people in more advanced technical societies is a greater threat than obesity, smoking and alcohol use.
Scientists go even further in their conclusions. They believe that social networks, taking away traditional contact and human closeness, have been the greatest danger to people for centuries. For them, this phenomenon is epidemic in nature, comparable to the mass epidemics of the past.
The researchers analyzed the medical data of almost three million people of different ages and found that the lack of social contacts posed a high additional risk to life. Even more shocking is the conclusion that young people are most at risk in the link between isolation and mortality.
Today, loneliness is gaining ground and we are predicting a possible epidemic of loneliness in the future, says lead author Prof. Tim Smith. The scientist explains that the first association we make when we hear social isolation is usually wrong.
A person can be surrounded by many other people and still feel completely abandoned, he concludes.
Cases have already been reported in which people spend too much time in the virtual space of social networks. They gradually cease to live in the real world, and create their own - with its own values and understandings. The saddest thing is that they do not realize how dangerous their behavior is for them and their loved ones.
Gradually, such people lose their ability to communicate with real people face to face and isolate themselves from society. Scientists are calling for urgent action before society disintegrates into a world of isolated loners.
The results of the study show that interpersonal communication, the atmosphere of trust and emotional connection between people affect not only mentally but also physically the human condition.
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