A new study found middle-aged Americans demonstrated higher levels of loneliness than older adults.
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Don’t know how I’d manage the loneliness without my family. Shit, I should arrange a visit with my college friend.
Our parents really screwed this country up:
- Worse off financially
- Lonelier
- Worse mental health
- Worse social safety net
- Less affordable homes
- Less affordable health care
- Less affordable college
- Climate is royally screwed
It feels like an older sibling who took your toy and broke it rather than parents as stewards who gave a shit about the society they leave the next group. We were taught respect, share, work with others, and then it turns out all the adults are just doing whatever selfish thing lets them get ahead. All the BS propaganda about communism taken to its extreme was true of neoliberal policy taken to its extreme. Now we slip into textbook capital Fascism and defunct cronyism.
#voidposting
My parents essentially voted against me having a job and don’t ever ask about my situation now which is precarious. Went from retiring safely to career in peril. Just one of many reasons why I agree with you.
Probably because we don’t have a ton of ways to make new friends anymore due to our tendancies to isolate at home.
“There is a general perception that people get lonelier as they age, but the opposite is actually true in the US where middle-aged people are lonelier than older generations,” says lead author Robin Richardson, PhD, assistant professor of epidemiology at Rollins.
The opposite would imply that the elderly population were more lonely as middle-aged adults, and then gained friends as they got older. I think it’s more true that the older generations had more opportunity to hang out, and this was moreso reflected when they were middle aged (but we have no stats collected to compare).
Being unmarried, not working, depression, and poor health were major reasons why loneliness varied with age, but the importance of these contributors and the combination of factors were different in each country.
In the US, not working was the top reason for a higher amount of loneliness among middle-aged adults, while in other countries it resulted in more loneliness among older adults.
Adults in Denmark report the overall lowest levels of loneliness, while those in Greece and Cyprus reported the overall highest levels.
Denmark isn’t a surprise, happy bastards.
Greece and Cyprus is a big surprise, I thought these were largely tight-knit communities living in villages and small towns.
The opposite would imply that the elderly population were more lonely as middle-aged adults, and then gained friends as they got older. I think it’s more true that the older generations had more opportunity to hang out, and this was moreso reflected when they were middle aged (but we have no stats collected to compare).
Or it can simply imply that the elderly population was less lonely as middle-aged adults and now keep more of the friends they had, or just have a preference to meet other people the same age.
Why do you think they’re so angry and spend so much time on Facebook?
