Loneliness is about twice as dangerous as obesity

Undertoad · 08-25-2013, 08:54 AM

http://www.slate.com/articles/health...n_obesity.html

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I began to research loneliness and came across several alarming recent studies. Loneliness is not just making us sick, it is killing us. Loneliness is a serious health risk. Studies of elderly people and social isolation concluded that those without adequate social interaction were twice as likely to die prematurely.

The increased mortality risk is comparable to that from smoking. And loneliness is about twice as dangerous as obesity.

Social isolation impairs immune function and boosts inflammation, which can lead to arthritis, type II diabetes, and heart disease. Loneliness is breaking our hearts, but as a culture we rarely talk about it.

Loneliness has doubled: 40 percent of adults in two recent surveys said they were lonely, up from 20 percent in the 1980s.

We're all in this together people.

Lamplighter · 08-25-2013, 10:02 AM

UT, the Cellar has been treating this disorder for years.

Griff · 08-25-2013, 12:41 PM

Word.

Happy Monkey · 08-26-2013, 04:59 PM

I wonder if they accounted for "nobody around to call 911", or if they're just counting that as part of loneliness.

lumberjim · 08-27-2013, 06:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Lamplighter

UT, the Cellar has been treating this disorder for years.

I can attest that this place has been invaluable* to me on multiple occasions for the treatment you refer to. And my health insurance covers the premiums too!**

*this word should literally be in that other thread.
** tip mug time.

Sundae · 08-28-2013, 07:26 AM

Do you think I can get aeroplane tickets on the NHS?

Gravdigr · 08-29-2013, 04:04 PM

Good, cuz I'm fat, but I ain't lonely.

Never have been.

Even when I was alone.

tw · 08-30-2013, 07:02 PM

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Loneliness has doubled: 40 percent of adults in two recent surveys said they were lonely, up from 20 percent in the 1980s.

Too many McMansions. And too many cars sitting for hours on lonely, 'bumper to bumper' expressways. The modern life is killing us!

infinite monkey · 08-31-2013, 10:56 AM

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Originally Posted by tw

Too many McMansions. And too many cars sitting for hours on lonely, 'bumper to bumper' expressways. The modern life is killing us!

Amen brother! I'm doing my part: I live in a hellhole and I'm unemployed. Now if i could stop loving interwebz And movies and gadgets i could go totally off-grid.

be-bop · 09-03-2013, 04:02 PM

Well I'm a fat bastard and I'm lonley as well so i guess I'm fucked then

cellarolson · 09-10-2013, 09:14 AM

Real loneliness is not necessarily limited to when you are alone - Bukowski

perhaps I should have put this in the poetry thread though. Either way, we're all doomed

Flint · 06-01-2014, 12:44 AM

And it's something that you can't fix about yourself, isn't it? It's something someone can do to you. When you've gone out on a limb to trust someone with your heart, and they betray you, attack you and eviscerate your self esteem, leave you for dead. You can be in the best shape of your life, high IQ, command an exorbitant salary, live in the center of popular culture, and wake up, bolt upright at 5am, slammed in the face with the visceral, glaring reality that you're all alone and don't remember what it's like to hold someone in your arms, to be comfortable trusting someone to get close to you. Everywhere you look, people happy being together. And you're pushing people away, because your heart has been torn apart. Suffering in isolation, insomnia, depression needs a better word. You didn't do this to yourself. If this is unhealthy, this is murder.

sexobon · 06-01-2014, 02:21 AM

Meh, there's plenty of fish in the sea.

Clodfobble · 06-01-2014, 06:12 AM

Sorry, Flint.

Griff · 06-01-2014, 11:14 AM

Jesus man, that's a deep cut.

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08-26-2013, 04:59 PM	#4
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06-01-2014, 12:44 AM	#12
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	And it's something that you can't fix about yourself, isn't it? It's something someone can do to you. When you've gone out on a limb to trust someone with your heart, and they betray you, attack you and eviscerate your self esteem, leave you for dead. You can be in the best shape of your life, high IQ, command an exorbitant salary, live in the center of popular culture, and wake up, bolt upright at 5am, slammed in the face with the visceral, glaring reality that you're all alone and don't remember what it's like to hold someone in your arms, to be comfortable trusting someone to get close to you. Everywhere you look, people happy being together. And you're pushing people away, because your heart has been torn apart. Suffering in isolation, insomnia, depression needs a better word. You didn't do this to yourself. If this is unhealthy, this is murder. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

08-25-2013, 10:02 AM	#2
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	UT, the Cellar has been treating this disorder for years.

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be-bop Operations Operative Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: scotland/uk Posts: 664	Well I'm a fat bastard and I'm lonley as well so i guess I'm fucked then

09-10-2013, 09:14 AM	#11
cellarolson Alphabetarian Join Date: Sep 2013 Posts: 12	Real loneliness is not necessarily limited to when you are alone - Bukowski perhaps I should have put this in the poetry thread though. Either way, we're all doomed

06-01-2014, 02:21 AM	#13
sexobon I love it when a plan comes together. Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 9,793	Meh, there's plenty of fish in the sea.

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06-01-2014, 11:14 AM	#15
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