Death by LONELINESS

Have you ever been lonely?

Do you know someone

who you believe is

L        O        N        E        L        Y.          .          .

Who would think

that  it  could  ever  be  deadly:

L          O          N          E          L          I          N          E          S          S

The latest studies

T  E  L  L

that in the United States,

about a quarter of the population lives  a l o n e;

.        .        .In fact,  RESEARCH  presented

at the 125th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association

brings out the connection between

Loneliness and a Premature Death.       .       .

The Shocking Scoop:

Julianne Holt-Lundstad, A Professor of Psychology

at Brigham Young University

presented evidence from two meta-analyses

on the effects of social connection and  H E A L T H

The first study looked at over 148 studies

involving more than 300,000 people

and found that people with  SOCIAL CONNECTIONS

had a 50% lower risk of dying early

compared to people who did not have 

strong social circles.       .       .

The other analysis of 70 studies

found that loneliness, isolation and living alone

all had a significant effect on a person’s

risk for early death.       .       .

Holt-Lundstad said, “There  is  robust  evidence  that  social  isolation  and loneliness  significantly  increase  risk  for  premature  mortality,  and  the magnitude  of  the  risk  exceeds  that  of  many  leading  health  indicators.”

In a 2016 interview with FORTUNE,

John Cacioppo, author of

LONELINESS: HUMAN NATURE AND THE NEED FOR SOCIAL CONNECTION, 

believes that loneliness has a physical and psychological effect on people’s health:

“Loneliness  is  bad  for  your  mental  health:  Well-being  goes  down, depressive  symptoms  go  up, your  likelihood  of  developing  mental  health and  affective  disorders  increases,” Cacioppo said.       .      .

Holt-Lundstad even went further to comment,

“Indeed,  many  nations  around  the  world  now  suggest  we  are  facing  a ‘loneliness  epidemic.’   The  challenge  we  face  now  is  what  can  be  done about  it?”

Can it be this simple:

As  a  Caring  Catalyst

c  a  n

Merely   BE-FRIENDING   Some O N E

 actually   save   their   lives?

Maybe    the    deeper

more    significant    question:

ARE      YOU      WILLING      TO

L I T E R A L L Y

B  E  T      Y  O  U  R      L  I  F  E      O  N      I  T ?

.        .        .Maybe   by   erasing

L        O        N        E        L        I        N        E        S        S

from   any   O N E’ S    Life

erases   it   from   your’s.        .        .

Hmmmmmmmmmmm.              .             .

two   lives   saved

in   one   simple

c    a    r    i    n    g

a    c    t

M O R A L:

You    don’t    have    to    do    the    Study

.       .       .j u s t

B E     T H E     S T U D Y

and

p   r   o   s   p   e   r

as        you        prosper