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Loneliness
Loneliness isn't a flaw. It's a signal, like hunger. And the longer you ignore it, the more the world starts to look hostile. 🫂
Who it's for
Chronic loneliness carries shame: people assume it means something is wrong with them.
Feelings it meets
What it is
An animated explainer from the Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell channel, released in February 2019, on loneliness as a personal experience and a scientific subject. It explains why loneliness was useful to our hunter-gatherer ancestors living in small groups, and why it often works against people in today's more individualist and isolated societies, including its health risks.
Where to find it
YouTube, Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell (free). English subtitles available. Sources listed on kurzgesagt.org.
Before you start
Heads up: May worry health-anxious viewers.
Age: Ages 12+
Man goes into the noisy crowd to drown his own clamour of silence.Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds, no. 110
