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Invisible Epidemic: The Loneliness Epidemic


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² Dunbar argues that an animal's brain size limits the number of stable relationships we can maintain, and for humans it is 150. In a 2006 study, neuroscientist John Cacioppo and his colleagues hypnotized college students to re-experience a moment in their life when they were lonely. Former US surgeon general Vivek Murthy writes: "Over time, this vicious cycle may convince us we don’t matter to anyone and that we’re unworthy of love."

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