Surgeon General, and his book, "Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World." (Courtesy)Īfter years of research, Dr. it struck me that something deeper was happening here." Dr. "Hearing that again and again - from college students, from parents, from people in remote fishing villages in Alaska to members of Congress in Washington, D.C. "Behind those stories were so many threads of loneliness where people would often say, ‘I feel I have to deal with all of these challenges by myself,’ or, ‘I feel if I disappear tomorrow, no one would even notice,’ or ‘I feel invisible,'" he said. But after traveling the country and listening to people's stories about issues in their community, like violence and the opioid epidemic, he recognized a pattern: Murthy didn't plan on making loneliness the subject of his tenure as Surgeon General. "If we want to ultimately address loneliness, we have to figure out how to eradicate that stigma and help people see loneliness for what it is, which is a human condition, that all of us experience at some point in our lives."ĭr. "Many people feel that if they're lonely, that means that they're not likable or that they're broken in some way," Dr. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy declared loneliness as a public health crisis in our country. About 60 percent of American adults say they're struggling with loneliness, according to a 2020 survey by Cigna.
Loneliness is more than just a bad feeling.
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