loneliness

“People who live on their own, on average, are 10% likelier to feel lonely than people who don't.”

“Loneliness and populism that my research has kind of made really clear. Populism, whether on the right or on the left, in increasing numbers, people are seeking, feeling lonely, feeling marginalized, feeling disconnected from each other, but also from the gove…”

“That's why loneliness, it turns out, is if you're lonely, 30% more likely to die prematurely than if you're not”

“There's probably nothing more lonely than being in a bad relationship or a bad marriage. Being lonely Has a sense of powerlessness attached to it. It's a sense you lack agency. It's about wanting to feel connected. Typically we think of loneliness as being wan…”

“Part of the reason, of course, we're lonelier today than we were in the past is just that we do less with each other, less than we did before, so we do go to church less. We are less likely to be members of a trade union. We go less to parent-teacher associati…”

“There's research that shows that even a 32nd exchange in a cafe with the server can make a huge difference to how connected you feel to others and how lonely you feel or otherwise.”

“40% of office workers feel lonely at work.”

“Three in five, 18 to 34 year olds, feel lonely often or always.”