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"Isolated people become lonely, depressed, and anxious, develop addictions more easily, and suffer from a weakened immune system and impaired overall health," a
by rossdavidh 6y ago
"Isolated people become lonely, depressed, and anxious, develop addictions more easily, and suffer from a weakened immune system and impaired overall health," added Professor Inon Scharf, lead author of the article and cooperation partner of the Mainz research group at Tel Aviv University in Israel.
...like, say, an addiction to social media?
- gumby 6y agoI found social media to have helped me during the lockdowns of the past year. I was not a huge user before but over t past year I think I've spent a couple of hours a day staying in touch with people electronically, often mediated/enabled by FB ("Hey, why don't I call so-and-so?").