US surgeon general declares loneliness epidemic



Clinical psychologist Dr. Jeff Gardere discusses the health risks associated with loneliness and the new advisory issued by Surgeon General Vivek Murthy to address what he called an epidemic.

Original source (ABC/Youtube)

36 comments

  1. If most people found the pandemic isolating, imagine being 80-100% bedbound for years. Imagine being 100% bedbound, unable to even sit up, for 3 1/2 years. And in so much pain neuropathic pain not even opioids help. Imagine spending almost all your days, or every single day and night, alone and in agony… suffering from an end laundry list of symptoms. We are missing everything, from life to finding and basic support. We have been here for decades. We have been pleading for help for decades, pleading for help. Yet
    you continue to ignore us. Why don’t you care? Post viral illness will not disappear because you choose to ignore it. The Covid pandemic will be the largest mass disabling event in our history. The suffering we endure and countless more will suffer us truly beyond your imagination. Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, aka The Living Death, deserves your attention and to finally be taken seriously. Most people are far to entitled to survive even a fraction of what I and so many others have. When are we going to get the help we desperately need?

  2. Here we go again, I bet everyone who will be committing a Race Crime the excuse will be used " LONELINESS SYNDROME"

  3. Men get your passport and go to places where you are appreciated

  4. Seems like lonliness is about as deadly as the clot shots. Go figure. 🤷🏼‍♂️

  5. I absolutely disagree that loneliness will effect you negatively! Strong minded people don’t need others to be around more people bring more problems and remember it’s the people that hurts people not animals or aliens 👽

  6. I been alone in past 20 years of my life and I am quite happy and actually I find happiness to be being just me!

  7. attn: c suite executives at aPple, disneY and pArAmoun T – stop running subliminals – na na NOW. blAdes being sharpened.

  8. A country of sissies. Nice work democrats you did it.

  9. You are not alone- God is all around us and in us if you receive Him 🙌🏾🙏🏾❤️

  10. I hd to quit getting help cause all the mental health program did was put me on more medications which causes me to get sicker.

  11. The covid mitigation measures were the biggest mistake in medical history.

  12. These people need Jesus not doctors or drugs just Jesus Read Acts 2; v 38

  13. Americans lack personality, no culture. That's why. You could stand there next to someone for hours at a concert and they won't even say hi to you. LOL

  14. Read “Bowling Alone.” Diversity is NOT a strength.

  15. If they cared about this they would have Steve Hoca on to discuss it. Hoca has been talking about this for more than a decade. See his interviews online.

  16. Loneliness only effects the weak minded.

  17. As a hotel pro for 25+ years, I have managed hotels from the Florida coast to the Colorado Front Range. I have accumulated a lifetime's experience of dealing with the public in general. We have developed a toxic society that serves the narcissists at the expense of tolerant personalities, and the narcissists are in control now. I'm retired now, never going to work with the public again. Best of luck to the rest of you.

  18. wow, dr. jeff gardere used to be a fix on the ricki lake show???

  19. While they're partially right they're not absolutely right a lot of people are very happy being alone you can be alone and still be very happy as long as you live a productive life and stay busy

  20. LONELINESS IS COOL!

    I have the brain they want to study Kamala Harris, wigger arse and white supremacists Joe Biden, Bush III, and Clinton thinking it's funny pointing assault rifles at my pregnant sister Elon Musk bribing judges with Facebook CEO for a life sentence to take out my brain. And your all involved. DOWN WITH YOUR WHITE RACE.

  21. If we're going to really talk about this stuff and fix the problem of loneliness we first need a platform that will allow us to voice our issues without them being erased. . . I wrote an entire paragraph about my experience and then I try to go back to the comment and it's gone. Very triggering..
    . I said nothing gross or ugly and my comment was removed. I just don't understand.

  22. Great interview and the host is very kind!

  23. Remember people, trust the Democrap gubbernment “science”😂

  24. It’s the sad truth…so many are suffering right now.

  25. It doesnt help being a socially awkward dude in my late 20’s. I dont know much about sports or whatever but I feel like if i did try to learn or get into it that it just wouldnt be me, like id be forcing mysslf to be something that im not. I like the outdoors and want to get into fishing camping hunting but i feel that those activities arent the most popular topics in general. Video gaming is something i enjoy but that activity is still highly stigmatized to this day. Not many consider that to be a common topic of conversation to bring up with strangers. Friendships are also a two way street, its not just you. The person you want to try and be friends with has to put in effort as well. It sucks when they don’t. I tried that one yubo app and it’s so stupid and pointless. People treat yubo as another dating app and dudes ended up trying to hit on me cuz they were gay. No offense. Im just trying to find platonic friends man lol.

  26. A good way to solve loneliness is to simply not make our cities car dependent. If we make walkable cities that do not require a car to do your day-to-day activities, people will hang out more and people will not be spread apart.

  27. Pick a hobby that you like, don't get lonesome.

  28. Cell phones and social media ruined our body's needs for personal connections. We've replaced it with connecting to youtubers/influencers that don't even know we exist.

  29. Start looking at “loneliness is only in the mind of a person “. In reality there are enough necessity in it. You just need to look both sides, or not?

  30. Divisive politics/ politicians are doing a lot of damage.

  31. People have been becoming more antisocial for several years. We failed to teach people social media and remote work isn’t a replacement for face-to-face connection. It is extremely more concerning for millennials and younger gens.

  32. Conservative or liberal. This can hit home to anyone. But I have to say I'm past the point of loneliness which means I'm not going to die from it lol. The way people talk to each other on social media is so ugly in the name of virtue signaling and so fake. bottom line is learn how to be comfortable with yourself

  33. Pretending to care after they destroyed the lives of millions over illogical and unscientific COVID lockdowns and mandates that set back schoolchildren years in terms of social and educational development?

    These sociopaths are beyond redemption