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Sam Carr, Reader in Education with Psychology and Centre for Death and Society, University of Bath

The loneliness myth: what our shared stories of feeling alone reveal about why you can’t ‘fix’ this very human experience

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If you could take a pill to “cure” your loneliness, would you take it? The so-called “loneliness epidemic” has been widely reported and commented upon across the world in recent years, affecting young and old.

There have even been numerous urgent calls by governments and policymakers to address it. However, it should also be noted that some researchers have questioned whether we really have the credible data to back up such claims.

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