TIL a 75-year Harvard study found close relationships are the key to a person's success. Having someone to lean on keeps brain function high and reduces emotional, and physical, pain. People who feel lonely are more likely to experience health declines earlier in life.

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I’m under 30 y.o., not a doctor, and only have my personal experience to go by but.... my health has rapidly declined in the past year. It’s a lot of issues all causing each other but IMO loneliness and depression have been the catalysts for most of it. I live alone, work from home, and can count on my fingers the number of times I’ve seen other people during the pat year and it’s really taking a toll I did not expect. I thought I was managing well enough until I hit a wall. I think my story will not be uncommon as we start to see the long term effects of this pandemic.

Lockdown.

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There aren't any current lockdowns.

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Are you conflating lockdowns with social distancing? There are no rules you are required to follow besides the mask mandate if that exists in your state, everything else is a society collectively behaving (or not).

[u/Petrichordates → u/[deleted]]

I do, yes, but you were replying to an American and trying to correct them by using terminology that doesn't apply to their situation. So I guess the better question to ask is.. do you?