How to Recognize Loneliness

  At some point in your life, you’ve probably experienced brief feelings of loneliness. Especially in critical moments when you’ve lost a loved one, moved to a new city, or changed schools or jobs. In these kinds of situations, it’s normal to feel alone, but you tend to get over it over time. However, there are people who feel chronically lonely for long periods of time. Prolonged feelings of loneliness can negatively affect health. Specialists even claim that the effect of loneliness and isolation can be as harmful as smoking 15 cigarettes a day. Therefore, it’s vitally important to recognize loneliness…