Loneliness can be lethal

Loneliness can be lethal

A new study has found loneliness can be as harmful as smoking 15 cigarettes a day or drinking heavily.

A sad but extremely important issue, I see a bit of it and it worries me how some accept thats how life is and is going to be, there is some support and backup for people with grief and loss issues, from losing a partner...but you can feel lonely in a crowded room...some state people who feel lonely should get out and be sociable..it's not that simple..there are many reasons for being lonely.

Depression can be one, those that cut themselves off from the world for their own reason..Rejection another, for whatever reason...you might just be one the types that people can't get on with..Confidence is another...you may have had a controlled life and now find you have to think for yourself and make your own decisions, and this can be psychologically dangerous as one in that state can be manipulated by others that wish to cause harm or abuse in many forms.

Mental and psychological issues can be a major cause of lonelyness, many people in our society live daily with this issue and try to deal with getting through their life each day, either on their own or assisted, on their own thay can become part of the faceless people, the homeless, the unwanted..unseen..just known as 'crazy jack up the road'

I think the need is to work on the problem that caused the issue of their lonelyness, it's no good dragging someone along to a party to give them a nice time if the underlying problem that caused the lonelyness has not been dealt with..

A lot of homeless and people on their own are sometimes forced into that 'loneliness void' by those that shun and look down upon them if their homeless or on the dole, grumpy and/or elderly,
I hear it from people that say 'their not pretty enough, or don't have the right clothes to go somewhere, or the confidence, or they have a disability and people stare, so they withdraw from society and lose that 'inclusion' they are entitled to along with everyone else..

I think 'we'...should do a little more for others around us that are copping all the above, or just having a hard time...it doesn't take much to sit with someone for a few minutes and have a friendly chat...
Show that someone does 'care' about them as a fellow human being, whatever their problem, regardless of their colour and religion..

my bit..