Is choosing to stay single and childless fueling today’s loneliness epidemic?

[Anonymous]

The U. S. Surgeon General declared loneliness an epidemic, noting it affects roughly half of American adults. Social disconnection and isolation are urgent public health crises, carrying a mortality risk comparable to smoking 15 cigarettes a day

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[There_Is_Rehab]

Overdeveloped intellectualism and neglected feelings are an issue in over 90% of the population. Even uneducated crybabies are still trapped in their intellect, they think about HOW TO APPLY emotions to solve life problems as if they are math.

Then if you bring loathing people together they fill up the space with disguised apathy. Even good meaning people. Because intellect is incapable of empathy, thus curing loneliness.

Here is a little thought experiment to prove that it is in fact an epidemic of spiritual cowardice, we surrender to the intellect and abandon our souls:

Being lonely contributes to chronic stress. Which causes bad posture like always shrugging or the opposite of always pulling shoulders down. If that is you, then think of the most tragic thing you remember that you decided to just forget. Now be sad about it. This compassion awakens the soul. And suddenly your posture improves. You relax. Sad people drop their hyperactive shoulder muscles.

And... your wording. "Urgent public health crisis". It's not anything vulgar but it makes you sound like you are the one lonely or at least afraid. And be afraid. Be terrified. One of the most important exercises you can do is think of something terrifying and sit with it. Just like you should be able to feel absolute lust and boil your heart with it, do not think or act, just feel. You're not lusting after a man or woman anyway, engulfing lust is usually a mommy/daddy issue, either way it is an experience in your body, not theirs, and you can elevate it merely by feeling it, headfirst face it.

Feel powerlessness and do not run away. Right now. Feel how powerless you are against the loneliness epidemic.

Just as pleasure does not motivate and only the promise of pleasure does. Feeling of powerlessness does not make one a submissive coward, running away from the terror does.

[Badtobad]

I guess more emphasis is placed on casual relationships instead of marriage or long term relationships.

[Asker]

Well of course casual sex once a month isn't the same as being able to come home to a family every night

[mrshooiser]

Probably. No one wants to have kids or get married anymore. Sooner or later there won't be a population left.

[exitseven]

That is a contributing factor. Democrats have been attacking the nuclear family for decades.

[MasterKS]

personal choice.