Have you ever imagined loneliness too bad for health? And that its effect on your life is similar to the effect of smoking 15 cigarettes per day ?!

Feeling lonely weakens immunity and carries with it an increased risk of dementia and heart disease. Do you believe it even leads to a very slow wound healing and affects the ability to recover from cancer?

In a report published by Bloomberg news agency, and reported by German news agency, researcher Sarah Green Carmichael says that former US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy has been warning, at least since 2017, of the health effects of what he calls the "unit pandemic", but his cry is increasing in importance these days. With the passage of months of isolation imposed by the "Coffid-19" disease caused by infection with the emerging virus Corona.

And talk about the physical health effects of loneliness is important in light of the Corona epidemic as refrigerated trucks appear in front of hospitals the size of its victims.

Carmichael believes that although telephone conversations and chatting over video can help to maintain a link between people, it is not like meeting face-to-face. Also, people cannot fully support each other through technology.

Opinion polls conducted before the outbreak of the Coruna epidemic revealed that the highest rates of loneliness were among young people, while the lowest rates were among people over 72 years old. Young people also recorded higher rates of anxiety and depression.

Anxiety

Data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States showed that last July, 47% of people under 30 reported that they were concerned, and that this percentage was steadily decreasing with age, as only 13% of adults Age 80 and more anxiety symptoms.

Students were often able to obtain mental health care through their colleges, but this became difficult with the closure of educational institutions.

And the prospect of laying off people in their twenties this spring was more than the older workers. One out of every four workers under 25 years of age has lost their jobs, and 13% of those aged 25 to 34 have lost their jobs as well. By this they were deprived of health benefits, and also lost their sense of importance in the life provided by work.

Young people are the ones most in need of friendships that improve their performance, and the social networking that strengthens connections which they achieve through work.

Carmichael returns, saying that the elderly may be better able to cope with isolation and more resilient to crises. The human mind changes throughout life, and people with "greater minds" record higher levels of contentment and contentment, are in a better position to see things in their proper context, and the ability to focus on positive aspects, and they are less reactive to criticism and more accurate when reading other people's feelings.

That is why the journalist calls for more understanding towards young people, and she feels that the feeling of shame causes young people not to seek treatment and encourages them to lie about whether they were exposed to the Corona virus, which increases the difficulty of testing and tracking.