Dr Mercola 11 ways to beat loneliness

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• Loneliness has been at “epidemic” levels for several years. In a 2018 survey of Americans aged 18 and older, 46% reported “sometimes” or “always” feeling lonely
• A World Health Organization study published in 2021 found loneliness affected up to 34% of older adults in China, Europe, Latin America and the U.S.
• Other recent research found loneliness among adolescents ranged from a low of 9.2% in Southeast Asia to a high of 14.4% in the Eastern Mediterranean region. The highest rate — 21% — was found among elderly Eastern Europeans
• Scientists have linked loneliness with a greater risk for obesity, heart disease, anxiety, dementia, stress, inflammation, reduced immune function, poor sleep and premature death
• Loneliness is also associated with a greater risk of addiction, and the rate of deaths directly attributed to alcohol rose by more than 25% in 2020, the first year of the pandemic, when many were self-isolating and working from home. The trend continued into 2021, by then up 34% from prepandemic levels

 

[DeaconInnerston]

Lovely thought for today. So many lost souls are so lonely in this world and cannot find peace down deep in their soul nor find happiness with the ones they are married. Yeshua, our dear Messiah was never ever lonely in this world. He went to solitary places to speak to His Father in heaven, in prayer to Him. All the disciples asked. Teach us to pray... Jesus of course taught them how to pray and how to speak to His heavenly Father. My hope and prayer is this. Do what Jesus did. Pray without ceasing.

 

[Alby]

My heart belongs to God. He has sent me here to earth to be a light that shines in a dark world. I will never ever feel alone or abandoned by anyone. The Lord walk with me and He has promised me that He will forever be with me, guiding my path to heaven. Never ever feel all alone in this world. Jesus walks with you just as David said. When my father and my mother forsake me, then the Lord will take me up. Psalm 27.10