Three years ago, Felix Wunik felt that he had hit a raga with young people. Bachelor of Business Psychology posted videos about “Friends Finding Friends” on his ticks account, his followers immediately respond.
“Even when I just said in the video,” send this video to your best friends, “the top comment with the most liked was always something,” I have no friends, “Wunic told DW.” I noticed that many of my little followers feel really lonely and say they are real who are no friends. This caused me a shock. “
While loneliness can make it more difficult for adults to find jobs and keep it, it can affect their grade in school for young people. Wunnike has now written a self-help book that is titled “Everything you need to know how to find a friend.”
Wunnike has identified two reasons for this trend: Covid-19 epidemic and social media.
“Despite all the positive aspects, I think it is important for people to warn about the downside and dangers of social media use, that is, we forget about real life. When we look at our friends’ Instagram stories, we ignore the importance of friendship in real life.”
Loneliness can give rise to powerful thinking
According to a recent study by the World Health Organization, one of the six people worldwide seems alone. In teenagers, it is also one in five. Loneliness in Germany is becoming a serious problem in Germany, according to a survey conducted by one of the country’s major public health insurers later last year.
According to Claudia New, young people who are suffering from loneliness are susceptible to powerful thinking. Sociologist has studied what happens when loneliness causes young people to wander the path of political extremism. He led a study, which examined the relationship between loneliness and democratic approach among young people in Germany, and at a very discouraged conclusion of the cam.
New said, “Young people between the ages of 16 and 23 are particularly susceptible to the principles of conspiracy and condemn the use of politics violence.” “It is importing to note that a statistical correlation has been found, this is not necessarily the reason. Every single person does not vote for a distant option for Germany, nor does each AFD voter have the level of loneliness.”
New has now written a book on this subject, titled “loneliness and resentment.” His thesis is that people no longer feel connected to society and react to it worse, worse, there is a real possible threat to democracy. She argues that alone people are actually suffering, more often experiences that are not alone than those who are not alone.
He said, “They reject again and again. They get disappointed when they fail to join a social gate once again and return home alone,” he said. “This type of rejection can cause resentment. And they look as inappropriate and are undone to let it go, blame others, and eventually be bitter and angry.”
‘High risk of loneliness’ in rural areas
New has led the sociology of rural areas in Universities in Gottingen and Casel in September 2016. He said that staying in remote eranas increases the possibility that people feel alone, because humans depend on conversation and communication.
“If there is a lacquer of opportunities to meet people, there is a significant risk of loneliness,” New told DW. This then changes the perceptions, said, he found that he found that people see the blank differently differently.
“They see their surroundings as deep and more unsafe, they feel less comfortable in both public and private places. And they are less likely to believe that their community can work well together,” he said.
Single person home growth
A survey conducted by health insurer Technicker Krankenkase showed that around 60% of people in Germany say they experience loneliness in their personal life. According to the federal statistical office, 17 million people live alone in Germany – it is one of the five. It represents 22% in the last two decades.
According to New, the personalization of society has been both positive and negative aspects. “On the one hand, people have more freedom to choose. It is very easy to end in unhappy partnership. On the other hand, being the risk of separation alone. Warned.
Does loneliness grow with age?
Most of the studies have indicated that the elderly youg is more likely to feel alone. Their companions and friends pass, and their family cannot stay near.
However, a recent study by the German Center for Gerontology has a more fine picture. According to the study, people between 43 and 65 feel alone than those in old age.
Stephen Stath, who co-written in a survey, titled “loneliness in the second part of life”, DW reported that unemployment is a major problem. People who loosen their jobs at a middle age feel embarrassed and stigma. He said that the disadvantages they see as a meaningful business can take them into self-separated separation, they said.
On the other hand, the elderly do not experience this problem. “Reaching the age of retirement means that you do not have to be employed anymore. No lover is a stigma of unemployment that leads to mental anguish,” the Stath explained. However, he said, the factor that has the most impact on loneliness is money or poverty.
“The lower the domestic income, the higher the level of loneliness,” he said. “People with low income and limited financial resources have fewer opportunities to participate in society. This, in turn, leads to separation and negatively impacts psychological well-market.”
This article was original in German.
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