Likes To Loneliness

  LIKES TO LONELINESS   Put your phone down. Think about the last time you spent about 20 minutes scrolling and came away from it feeling better. When I say better, I don’t mean numb or distracted I mean actually better. This can be a hard question to answer for a lot of people. The aim of the blog is to explore this topic in depth and ultimately answer the question if social media is the reason for the growth in loneliness. Right now, over 5 billion people use social media, Five BILLION. We are the most digitally connected generation in the whole of human history and yet loneliness has become one of the biggest public health issues of our time. In 2018, the UK government had to appoint an official minister of loneliness, this is the first time ever. I want you to think about that. That isn’t exactly something I would call common practice. In a world of digital connectivity, a government has had to appoint a minister for loneliness. This is proof that loneliness has become so ...