Loneliness SOS
Mar 25, 2021
4 minutes
It’s ironic how even though we’re more connected than ever, we are a nation that’s never been more lonely. It doesn’t matter how old you are, nobody is immune to loneliness. And, despite being traditionally seen as an epidemic associated with the elderly, it’s now actually young people who make up the loneliest age group of all.
The statistics are all pretty gloomy. A loneliness experiment by BBC Radio 4 found that 36% of 34 to 44 year-olds are lonely often or very often. Furthermore, according to projections by Age UK, the number of over 50s suffering from loneliness is set to reach two million by 2025/26, which equates
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