Social contacts are very important, including for your for health. Specialists say prolonged loneliness can cause illness. — Christin Klose/dpa
Loneliness can be hazardous to your health, doctors warn.
A deficiency of social contacts often leads to a feeling of emptiness – due to a lack of recognition, affirmation and appreciation – and can eventually cause stress, according to the German Association for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics (DGPPN).
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