The Loneliness Epidemic.

Carel Kolchinski
ILLUMINATION
Published in
3 min readAug 10, 2022

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Homeless man on the street — Carel Kolchinski
Image by Myriams-Fotos from Pixabay

Loneliness — a public health crisis?

The World Health Organization defines loneliness as “a subjective feeling of isolation and lack of contact with others.”

Many of us have experienced loneliness and we all recognise that are largest cities, thronging with people, can, for some, be the loneliest places on earth.

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Carel Kolchinski
ILLUMINATION

Past lives as a journalist, PR poseur and commercial slave. Now an aged teetotaller, cyclist, enthusiastic musician and painter. Certified writing addict.