How loneliness can affect your health, and what you can do to combat it, with Prof Andrea Wigfield
Instant Genius
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The Role of Meaningful Relationships in Loneliness
For a strong social relationship, it's key is that it needs to be meaningful. People who are chronically lonely might actually start to perceive small gestures or interactions with other people as negative. And they might also start to perceive themselves negatively too. Meaningful relationships with a place and meaningful relationships with oneself are the key things that contribute to whether people feel lonely or not.
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