Loneliness: The Hidden Health Cost of Social Isolation

The Hidden Health Cost of Loneliness // Loneliness is not just a feeling; it's a public health risk. In this video, we're going to address the negative health consequences of loneliness. Watch until the end for an unlikely solution to overcoming loneliness.

0:00 - Why it’s time to talk about loneliness
1:42 - The state of loneliness in America
2:33 - How loneliness affects our health
4:26 - Why you can have friends and still be lonely
5:40 - The secret ingredient we need to feel connected
7:22 - Closing message

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[cdiessner]

Thank you for the insights. I've had a few confidante relationships fizzle out and have felt the impact. It's useful to understand what defines a quality relationship. They are rare but 100% worth maintaining.

[ilybbrlanejr]

A year video...thank you. May all be well.

[jorgwel]

I've seen 2 of your videos. The one of the problem with meditation apps and this one . Both are great and let me thinking a lot. Thanks so much for making them.

[randyman]

Very well done Julianne...thanks for sharing.

[eseven]

some folks can handle being alone much better then others ! I'm my best friend, i spend time with myself and i get too know myself for who i truly am

[TheCubeMusic]

Thanks 🙏 for the video yes the cost of loneliness is high believe me I know !

[safirijorgensen]

Loneliest we've ever been. All while wearing illusionary mask on social media platforms. Distracting ourselves with utter bullshit online, all while wearing our mask.
Great video

[mauriceforget]

I feel that I am alone, always. But I feel that I am never alone, because I know that we are all interconnected. Like the cells in our bodys

[InsightImagingPhoto]

Another great video. always loving your take on so many different topics involving mental health.

[grandelfe]

As an alone person, I know that it is more bothersome to have someone that you don't resonate with, living with you, than being solitary.Meditation has taught me that everying eminates from our consiousness, including the concept of aloneness.If we allow it to bother us, it can become we understand that we can exist in stillness, and enter this dimension alone; and leave the same way; it becomes bareable and people around constantly, is similar to having thoughts in our head all the time.For any positive spiritual progress to be made we require aloneness, without becoming too lonely in the cats ease some of this lonliness for me, but they gained the habit of taking control and now demand feedings in the middle of the night.More of them than there are of me, in this house.

[MonzonMedia]

There are so many points and areas that you touched on that can be expanded even more but one thing that really resonates with me is the connection and having that "confidant". To think that so many people in the world don't have this and those of us that do can take that for granted. I can also relate to those who have people around them but still have that feeling of "loneliness", we've all been there.

[beverleybennatti]

I have only watched two of your videos so far and they are ‘the truth’ having done my own research on this subject fir many years. Thankyou

[Nicolas-VILLAZ]

Thank you for the video, I am very happy to see you have found happiness with that process, considering where you are coming from. This said, I think, we do tend to forget the second and third brains : Gut and heart. They contain neurons and they are also proved to play a huge role (main role ?) in all of this. They are tons of research on the second brain for many other reasons. I am just wondering how psychedelics act on those brains. If someone has info on this.

[thecuriousquest]

Watched yesterday and getting around to post a comment during my lunch break. Things are very much back to baseline at work, and grateful for all this little sometimes very meaningful face-to-face interactions I have here. I almost thrive on these moreso with family, but that's another story.

...part of the story is a struggle with my mom, bless her, but she's hard wired and still very much emotionally impregnated into past behaviors that have taken a toll on our family and her. Yep... addiction related stuff. She's still my mother, but as I've been slingshot into adulthood I can see her as just another person, and sometimes that helps with distancing myself from emotional aspects of the family dynamic (not always easy to do).

You'd mentioned having a confidant.
Warning, more Mom stuff: I entrusted her with some sensitive information in 2016 and I hope for a non judgemental response, but it ended up in criticism and her sharing information about me that was intended for her ears only. Luckily I do have a really close friend in who's been in D.C. for the last 6 years that I can talk to on an interpersonal level.

Gosh, loneliness is a struggle when wanting to have deep connections with family and when it's not there. I'm grateful for my siblings when it comes to this, but we're all busy running around pretending or trying to do the adult life responsible thing (some of which I believe is kind of a joke)... there's a lot more enlightening things than running around and chasing obligations, work and trying to do the sound financial investigating things. I joke sometimes about how when all the financial stuff matures, it's going to make my future doctors very happy. (Bad joke).

Thanks for your video. Funny how even a simple chat with someone regarding a common matter or interest can bring great comfort.

[adrianponce]

this is too true. i have roommates and am surrounded by “friends” all the time yet i’ve never felt more emotionally isolated because i feel like i have my guard up 24/7

[derpherp]

The Moral Lesson I got from this video.


"Ape strong together"

[dontspamrob]

15 years of isolation maybe hasn't been the best thing for me

[matthew-xxys]

This is the perfect video for the time that we are in.. And you are definitely write about having moments of feeling most lonely when surrounded by people.. It's interesting and almost paradoxical.. But through this odd time I am doing fine, how are you feeling?

[nosaizekor]

just accept it i am enjoying it so far i am lonely i am not alone I have got my cat princess being lonely keep me safe in my own world I have being bullied by horrible people they take advantage of you and they make fun of you they laugh behind your back and I feel I have lost my self confidence I don't trust anyone anymore it is better to be alone than to be bullied i don't need anyone anymore

[fourtwentysam]

People are always on my ass to get out more. I've only been sober for a year and I do suffer brain damage from alcohol. I live in a city where I know no one. Only the beer store.
Being alone is really teaching me I'm more of a wolf and a protecter. Maybe it's the Capricorn in me always looking and scoping everything out before I make any moves. I was drinking since 2015. So you can't even imagine how excited things made me because I was so numb and mindless before like a zombie. It sounds weird to people when you explain to them you're 25 with brain damage. I get overly excited, even food taste different. Taking these pills have opened me up to figure out that being alone doesnt bother me. I bother people because they think I'm lazy but my mind never stops. I hope one day I can meet someone as solid and grounded as you are. I just have to be more gentle with myself. That's what I'm learning and not beating myself up. I even knocked my front teeth out, that sure tells you I was in a bad place. I'm fucking happy now and even though I'm struggling I still have my inner child.