Consequences Of Being Lonely
One terrible thing about loneliness is the inability to seek help. They know about their condition but they fail to speak about it mostly because they feel embarrassed about it. Inability to seek help makes it progressively worse and can affect one physically or mentally.
Loneliness can affect one’s physical well-being. It can be a cause of physical conditions like insomnia [3], issues with the heart, feeding disorders like anorexia nervosa [4] and many others.
Loneliness and mental health issues are closely related. Loneliness increases the risk of mental disorders. Mental health issues also increase the risk of loneliness. Loneliness increases the risk of certain mental health disorders like anxiety [5], suicide, depression [6] and lack of confidence.