A famous doctor recently told me how dangerous loneliness is. As soon as you hear his words, you will not stop seeing the damage caused by loneliness. It has been revealed that the same amount of harm is caused by burning twelve cigarettes. He said that burning a dozen cigarettes in a day will cause as much damage to health. The person who told me this interesting thing is Dr. vivek Murthy who is a famous surgeon in America.
As part of his study, he mentioned various topics. It is said that health problems are caused by loneliness among Americans. Because of this, they have to spend crores of dollars. Nearly half of Americans report experiencing loneliness. On this occasion, he revealed an interesting thing that he noticed.
"People are not meeting family members. They are not attending social gatherings. All this is increasing their loneliness. Single-person families have doubled in the last 60 years. Covid. The lockdown has increased loneliness." he mentioned. He disclosed more details related to the study done by him. If Americans spent an hour with their friends twenty years ago, twenty years later that time will be limited to just 20 minutes. 15-24-year-olds report spending 70 per cent less time with their friends. Loneliness increases the risk of death by 30 per cent.
He said that there is a risk of getting infected with various diseases due to loneliness." Loneliness has increased after the rise of cell phones, and social media. Increasing relationships with many people, reducing loneliness by meeting them often," he disclosed in his report.
