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Loneliness makes the body and minds sick. Those who are lonely are more likely to suffer from cancer, depression, and dementia; the risk of heart attack and stroke increases. Scientists speak of an epidemic worse than obesity, high blood pressure, and dementia.
According to the New York Times, an entire generation is threatened with lonely death in Japan. Manfred Spitzer, head of the Psychiatric University Clinic in Ulm and the Transfer Center for Neurosciences and Learning, is considered one of the most important German brain researchers and describes loneliness as painful, contagious, and even fatal megatrend. We asked him how we can find each other again.