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An Epidemic of Loneliness: There’s no shortage of people in the world. So why are so many so lonely?

21st May 2018

Many people all over the world express feeling a tremendous loneliness. Frieda Fromm Reichmann defines loneliness as the want of intimacy, and it has long been recognized as a serious and painful issue. Mother Teresa once said, “The biggest disease today is not leprosy or cancer or tuberculosis, but rather the feeling of being unwanted, uncared for, and deserted by everybody.”

Read the full blog by Karyn Hall, PhD, on Psychology Today

About the Author: Karyn Hall, Ph.D.

Karyn Hall, Ph.D. is the Director of the DBT Center in Houston, Texas. She is the author of four books and has been a speaker both nationally and internationally. She is intensively trained in RO DBT.

An Epidemic of Loneliness: There’s no shortage of people in the world. So why are so many so lonely?

About the Author: Karyn Hall, Ph.D.

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