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<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Loneliness is a serious public health <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.economist.com\/international\/2018\/09\/01\/loneliness-is-a-serious-public-health-problem?utm_medium=cpc.adword.pd&utm_source=google&ppccampaignID=18151738051&ppcadID=&utm_campaign=a.22brand_pmax&utm_content=conversion.direct-response.anonymous&gclsrc=aw.ds&gad_source=5&gad_campaignid=18151761343&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI4omT2ufZjQMVPR6iAx3W1iByEAAYASAAEgLiffD_BwE\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">issue<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Mental Health Foundation<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> confirms that it makes it harder for people to connect, which leads to fear of social situations, and ultimately makes it more difficult to escape negative thoughts. The sustained lack of social connections can shorten one\u2019s life span as severely as smoking <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hhs.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/surgeon-general-social-connection-advisory.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">15 cigarettes a day.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anxiety and depression have increased tremendously in the last few years. In the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, global anxiety and depression rates <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/news\/item\/02-03-2022-covid-19-pandemic-triggers-25-increase-in-prevalence-of-anxiety-and-depression-worldwide\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">jumped by 25%<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, according to the WHO. Yet, this peak is only part of a long-term trend. Researchers found that throughout the 2000s anxiety and depression rose equally in all age groups, and spiked in 2011 for those aged 16-24, probably linked to the rise of social media.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>A new type of male loneliness<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Men seem disproportionately affected, and psychologists attribute this to gender norms that restrict the emotional communication and relationships of male presenting people.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A research by the University of Oregon found that <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/the-male-loneliness-epidemic\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">15%<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of men say they have no close friends, a 12% increase since the 1990s. According to a 2022 Pew Research Center survey, about<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/short-reads\/2023\/02\/08\/for-valentines-day-5-facts-about-single-americans\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 60%<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of men in the US under 30 were single, which is nearly twice the rate of single women of the same age at that time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Women seem to be affected in different ways, and let\u2019s not forget that social isolation can be very hard on gender-nonconforming people, trans people and everybody on the LGBTQIA+ spectrum as well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>As the topic comes to the fore more and more, there are interesting takes on this epidemic of loneliness. In this performance, comedian Josh Johnson recaps the phenomenon of TikTok challenges that highlight the shortcomings of mainstream male friendships. In one of the challenges men call their friends to wish them good night and film the varying responses. Most people put on the spot have a hard time understanding how a friend makes such a gesture, something Johnson finds entirely usual among women.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"This TikTok Prank is Accidentally Healing Men\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7fsoWW_fZyM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>On today\u2019s episode, psychologists and a curator discuss the matter of social isolation.<\/p>\n<h2>Guests<\/h2>\n<p><b>Romeo Bissuti<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the CEO of <a href=\"https:\/\/men-center.at\/\">MEN Men\u2019s Health Center Vienna<\/a>, he is a Clinical Psychologist and psychotherapist, working with male target groups for 25 years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Regina Pozsgai<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has been working as a psychologist and hypnotherapist for over 20 years. She incorporates G\u00e1bor Mat\u00e9\u2019s trauma-focused approach in her private practice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Kateryna Mishchenko<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a publisher, curator and author from Kyiv, recently working in Berlin at the Federal agency for civic education. Editor of the book <em>Aus dem Nebel des Krieges<\/em> (Suhrkamp, 2023), now editing the next anthology <em>Geteilter Horizont<\/em>, also for Suhrkamp.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>B\u00e1lint<\/b> <b>Tak\u00e1cs <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is the head of the international Master\u2019s programme \u2018Counseling and School Psychology\u2019 at the Institute of Psychology at the University of P\u00e9cs in Hungary. He also runs a private practice as a counselor, where he applies his training in family and couple counseling.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Creative team<\/h2>\n<p>R\u00e9ka Kinga Papp anchor<br \/>Daniela Univazo writer-editor<br \/>Merve Akyel\u00a0 art director, Eurozine<br \/>Zs\u00f3fia Gabriella Papp digital producer<br \/>Szilvia Pint\u00e9r producer<br \/>Julia Sobota captions and translations<\/p>\n<h2>Management<\/h2>\n<p>Priyanka Hutschenreiter project manager<br \/>Judit Csik\u00f3s\u00a0 head of finance<br \/>Maximilain Lehner managing director<br \/>Csilla Nagyn\u00e9 Kardos office administration<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Video Crew<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Gergely \u00c1ron P\u00e1pai DoP<br \/>D\u00e1niel Pitz camera<br \/>Istv\u00e1n Nagy sound<\/p>\n<div id=\"main-text\" class=\"md-h5 copy lh5 serif color-black-80\">\n<h2>Postproduction<\/h2>\n<p>N\u00f3ra Ruszkai video editor<br \/>Istv\u00e1n Nagy lead video editor<br \/>Mil\u00e1n Golovics dialogue editor<br \/>D\u00e1niel Nagy dialogue editor<\/p>\n<h2>Art<\/h2>\n<p>Victor Maria Lima animation<br \/>Crypt-of-Insomnia theme music<\/p>\n<h2>Disclosure<\/h2>\n<div id=\"main-text\" class=\"md-h5 copy lh5 serif color-black-80\">\n<p>This talk show is a Display Europe production: a ground-breaking media platform anchored in public values.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-31201 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eurozine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/displaylogo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"246\" height=\"205\"\/><\/p>\n<p>This programme is co-funded by the European Commission and the European Cultural Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>The views and opinions expressed here are those of the authors and speakers only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). 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