Dr. Jeremy Nobel

The challenge isn't to avoid loneliness, but to see it as a signal. Just like thirst is a signal you need hydration, loneliness is a signal you need human connection.

The challenge isn't to avoid loneliness, but to see it as a signal. Just like thirst is a signal you need hydration, loneliness is a signal you need human connection.

The challenge isn't to avoid loneliness, but to see it as a signal. Just like thirst is a signal you need hydration, loneliness is a signal you need human connection.

The signal just gets stronger and it starts taking you into some, what you might call spiraling circles of increased anxiety around connection.

The signal just gets stronger and it starts taking you into some, what you might call spiraling circles of increased anxiety around connection.

The signal just gets stronger and it starts taking you into some, what you might call spiraling circles of increased anxiety around connection.

And we know that significant sustained loneliness also increases risk of physical illness too. Increases risk of heart attack, stroke, or death from either by 30%. increases the risk of dying early by 30%.

And we know that significant sustained loneliness also increases risk of physical illness too. Increases risk of heart attack, stroke, or death from either by 30%. increases the risk of dying early by 30%.

And we know that significant sustained loneliness also increases risk of physical illness too. Increases risk of heart attack, stroke, or death from either by 30%. increases the risk of dying early by 30%.

Absolutely. So loneliness is it's a mood state. It's an emotion just like love. There are different kinds of love. Why shouldn't there be different kinds of loneliness? Right. So there's brotherly love, love of country, romantic love.

Absolutely. So loneliness is it's a mood state. It's an emotion just like love. There are different kinds of love. Why shouldn't there be different kinds of loneliness? Right. So there's brotherly love, love of country, romantic love.

Absolutely. So loneliness is it's a mood state. It's an emotion just like love. There are different kinds of love. Why shouldn't there be different kinds of loneliness? Right. So there's brotherly love, love of country, romantic love.

I do point to these three types of loneliness you mentioned because I think it's useful not just for academic purposes, but if you understand the type of loneliness you're navigating, then it gives you some insight into what might be useful in that navigation. So let me go through them all really quickly. So first, psychological loneliness.

I do point to these three types of loneliness you mentioned because I think it's useful not just for academic purposes, but if you understand the type of loneliness you're navigating, then it gives you some insight into what might be useful in that navigation. So let me go through them all really quickly. So first, psychological loneliness.

I do point to these three types of loneliness you mentioned because I think it's useful not just for academic purposes, but if you understand the type of loneliness you're navigating, then it gives you some insight into what might be useful in that navigation. So let me go through them all really quickly. So first, psychological loneliness.

This is what most people think of when they hear the word lonely. Do I have a friend, a confidant, someone I can tell my troubles to? The second type, societal loneliness, one way I describe that to people is imagine a room filled with people, and you have to go into that room. Is your arrival anticipated, welcome, and safe?

This is what most people think of when they hear the word lonely. Do I have a friend, a confidant, someone I can tell my troubles to? The second type, societal loneliness, one way I describe that to people is imagine a room filled with people, and you have to go into that room. Is your arrival anticipated, welcome, and safe?

This is what most people think of when they hear the word lonely. Do I have a friend, a confidant, someone I can tell my troubles to? The second type, societal loneliness, one way I describe that to people is imagine a room filled with people, and you have to go into that room. Is your arrival anticipated, welcome, and safe?

If it's not, you might be reluctant, wondering, what am I doing in that room? And so whether it's race, class, Even disability, if we're systematically excluded, that's a kind of loneliness also. The third, existential or spiritual loneliness, I think is fascinating. It's probably been around quite a long time. How do we fit into the bigger universe, the human narrative, if you will?

If it's not, you might be reluctant, wondering, what am I doing in that room? And so whether it's race, class, Even disability, if we're systematically excluded, that's a kind of loneliness also. The third, existential or spiritual loneliness, I think is fascinating. It's probably been around quite a long time. How do we fit into the bigger universe, the human narrative, if you will?