Lockdown loneliness: Social isolation makes people ‘crave’ company in the same way a hungry person longs for food, study claims US experts recruited 40 people for 10 hours of isolation and 10 hours of fasting After each session, participants reported how lonely they felt and their cravings They were also given brain scans while viewing … Read more
Nicole Kidman gets candid on her past with crippling loneliness and reveals how husband Keith Urban and her children save her from bad days By Candice Jackson For Daily Mail Australia Published: 01:03 GMT, 24 November 2020 | Updated: 01:03 GMT, 24 November 2020 Nicole Kidman, 53, has maintained an impressive Hollywood career over the past … Read more
Loneliness in UK soars as number of people feeling isolated and alone rises from 2.6million before Covid crisis to peak of 4.2million, figures show The start of November saw 4.2 million adults always or often lonely, ONS reveals This represents the peak in levels of acute loneliness since the March lockdown Before the pandemic the … Read more
Loneliness in UK rises to highest level since start of Covid pandemic as figures show 4.2million people feel alone and isolated – compared to 2.6million in March The start of November saw 4.2 million adults always or often lonely, ONS reveals This represents the peak in levels of acute loneliness since the March lockdown Before … Read more
It is only a few short months since she had her own experience of loneliness – so it is little surprise that the Duchess of Cornwall has issued a personal plea for everyone to support the elderly. In a video message, Camilla, 73, urges the nation to ‘break the silence in which many live, perhaps with … Read more
It is only a few short months since she had her own experience of loneliness – so it is little surprise that the Duchess of Cornwall has issued a personal plea for everyone to support the elderly. In a video message, Camilla, 73, urges the nation to ‘break the silence in which many live, perhaps with … Read more
Vulnerable people living in care homes are ‘dying of loneliness,’ as they’re deprived from seeing families due to lockdown, while delays in testing have exposed ‘huge staff shortages,’ in the sector, it has been claimed. Baroness Ros Altmann, a former Minister of State for pensions, welcomed Matt Hancock’s announcement yesterday that care home residents would … Read more
John Barrowman, the perennially upbeat, affable and incontestably happy Mr Nice Guy, is feeling uncharacteristically glum. Lockdown for him — a ‘control freak who loves to work’ — has been particularly difficult, he says. As for so many in the entertainment industry, 2020 has been a complete wash out. ‘This is the longest period I’ve … Read more
Loneliness in adult life is experienced differently depending on what age you are, a new scientific study suggests. Factors associated with feelings of loneliness, such as contact with friends and family, perceived health and employment, differ throughout adult life, scientists say. Researchers found that these various factors caused loneliness in different measures across three age … Read more
BAME individuals are more likely than white people to suffer depression, loneliness and anxiety during Covid-19 lockdown, study finds 17 per cent of white people report being often lonely during lockdown This figure rises to around 23 per cent amongst those from BAME backgrounds BAME people have also reported lower levels of happiness and life … Read more