The loneliest generation: 61 percent of Americans say they are lonely - Elizabethton Star

The loneliest generation: 61 percent of Americans say they are lonely - Elizabethton Star

By Sean Dietrich Sixty-one percent of American adults say they’re lonely. Sixty-one percent.Think about that. You probably missed this information, but loneliness was recently listed as an epidemic by the U.S. Surgeon General and the World Health Network. That’s how big of a deal this is. Namely, because loneliness leads to fatal medical conditions. If you’re lonely, you’re more likely to die by heart attack or stroke, more likely to suffer from…