2023-11-17 07:00:02
You can live in a big city, be surrounded by dozens of people, communicate constantly via social networks and yet feel lonely. Often nicknamed “the evil of the century”, loneliness is making its place in our societies and has even been aggravated by the Covid-19 pandemic. In the United States, it was the subject of a report by the public health administrator, Vivek Murthy, who spoke of an “epidemic of loneliness”.
In the United States, loneliness was the subject of a report by public health administrator Vivek Murthy, who spoke of a “loneliness epidemic.” © Getty Images/Tzido
Chosen solitude, suffered solitude: does isolation and social distance constitute a favorable condition in the development of certain psychological disorders?
Anne-Victoire Rousseletpsychologist and psychotherapist specializing in Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy, at Sainte-Anne Hospital Centerin Paris
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