RAIN IN THE TWIN CITIES AND HOW
LONG THESE TEMPERATURES WILL
STAY ABOVE AVERAGE FOR A CHANGE.
ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU.
NEW NATIONAL SURVEY SHOWS A
SURPRISING NUMBER OF AMERICANS
ARE LONELY.
THE SURVEY BY CIGNA SAYS
NEARLY HALF OF AMERICANS
SOMETIMES OR ALWAYS FEEL ALONE.
YOUNGER ADULTS REPORTED
ISOLATION MORE FREQUENTLY THAN
THOSE IN THEIR 70s OR OLDER.
ANGELA DAVIS SPOKE WITH A
PSYCHOLOGIST AND WHAT LEAD
LONELINESS.
Reporter: PSYCHOLOGISTS SAY
YOU CAN BE SURROUNDED BY PEOPLE
BUT FEEL ISOLATED.
ONE FEELS AN EMPTINESS OF THE
SOUL, A WOUNDED HEART, AND LACK
OF CONNECTIONS, A SENSE OF
DISCONNECTION.
Reporter: A NEW SURVEY OF
MORE THAN 20,000 AMERICANS BY
CIGNA 18 AND OLDER REVEALED
ALARMING FINDINGS.
ONLY HALF SAID THEY HAVE
MEANINGFUL, IN-PERSON SOCIAL
INTERACTIONS EACH DAY, LIKE
HAVING EXTENDED CONVERSATIONS
WITH A FRIEND.
1 IN 4 REPORTED RARELY OR NEVER
FEELING AS THOUGH THERE ARE
PEOPLE WHO REALLY UNDERSTAND
THEM.
43% SAID THEY SOMETIMES OR
ALWAYS FEEL THAT THEIR
RELATIONSHIPS ARE NOT
MEANINGFUL.
THEY FEEL ISOLATED.
THE SURVEY ALSO FOUND THAT
SOCIAL MEDIA USE ALONE IS NOT A
PREDICTOR OF LONELINESS.
IT'S VERY HARD TO HAVE
SOMEONE REALLY LISTEN.
OFTEN WHEN SOMEONE SAYS HOW ARE
YOU DOING, ARE THEY REALLY
ASKING HOW WE'RE DOING?
WE TYPICALLY ASK THAT QUESTION
AND JUST EXPECT PEOPLE TO SAY,
I'M GOOD.
Reporter: GETTING MORE SLEEP
AND MORE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY CAN
HELP, AS WELL AS TALKING ABOUT
IT.
ACKNOWLEDGE IT, LET OTHER
PEOPLE KNOW, TALK TO YOUR
PHYSICIAN, TALK TO YOUR FRIENDS,
YOUR FAMILY, SEEK OUT A
THERAPIST.
AFTER I RETIRED, I WENT
THROUGH SOME ISSUES WITH
LONELINESS MYSELF SO -- BUT I'VE
HAD TO JUST KIND OF FIND A NEW
LIFE FOR MYSELF.
RESEARCH SHOWS LONELINESS CAN
CONTRIBUTE TO HEART DISEASE AND
OTHER HEALTH PROBLEMS.
A STUDY IN 2010 SHOWS LONELINESS
HAS THE SAME EFFECT ON MORTALITY
