We shouldn't medicalize everything. The value of having some spiritual belief in your life probably is real and significant and hard to replace, that loneliness is a massive problem. You know, The last Surgeon General's report quantitated [loneliness] as equivalent to smoking 15 cigarettes a day. which I think that's pretty accurate. The impact of substance use, which is often what you turn to if you can't get other connection in your life, and is worsened dramatically by loneliness. (39:17–39:24)
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Asserts that loneliness has a health impact equivalent to smoking 15 cigarettes a day, according to a Surgeon General's report.
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