![]() ![]() ![]() Naming it one of their favorite books of 2020, Greater Good offers the following about Together: I think part of the reason is that saying you’re lonely feels like saying you’re not likeable, you’re not lovable - that somehow you’re socially deficient in some way.” I say that as someone who felt ashamed of being lonely as a child and even at points during adulthood. Moreover, “There’s a tremendous sense of shame that people who are lonely feel. Surgeon General, declared in his interview with NPR that loneliness is linked with such conditions as depression, anxiety, sleep issues, and more. Murthy is the author of this year’s Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World, an important book for these times.Īs many as 22% of our population is experiencing loneliness, states Murthy, even if many don’t label it as such. And that’s how important human connection is. The reality is that loneliness is a natural signal that our body gives us, similar to hunger, thirst. ![]()
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