Why Are We So Lonely? - Glad You Asked S1

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/Crisi... 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   / lonelinessunited   States Congress Joint Economic Committee Report - All the Lonely Americans https://www.jec.senate.gov/public/ind... Cigna’s U.S. Loneliness Index (2018) https://www.multivu.com/players/Engli... Social Relationships and Mortality Risk https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2... American Enterprise Institute Report - A Loneliness Epidemic? https://www.aei.org/research-products... Toward a Neurology of Loneliness https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti... Social Network Size in Humans http://courses.washington.edu/ccab/Hi... You’ve Got to Have (150) Friends https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/26/op... 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