A nurse practitioner's Brief But Spectacular take on combating loneliness

Laurie Tiki shares her personal experiences with loneliness, highlighting its impact on various demographics, including teenage mothers, widows, and foster children. She discusses the extensive research linking loneliness to poor psychological and physical health outcomes, such as anxiety, depression, cardiovascular disease, and mortality. Tiki emphasizes that loneliness can occur even in crowded settings and is often accompanied by shame. She advocates for recognizing loneliness as a diagnosable condition and encourages creative pursuits as a means to combat it. Tiki advises those feeling lonely to seek help from healthcare providers and develop active plans to address their loneliness.

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