Ann N Y Acad Sci August 2011 PMID 21651565

Social isolation.

John T Cacioppo, Louise C Hawkley, Greg J Norman, Gary G Berntson

Mentions

344
Peak: 171 in Dec 2025
across 6 sources since May 2020

Extended reach

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Total likes

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Video views

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May 2020 – Dec 2025

Where it's discussed

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AI synopsis

What people are saying

Overall, discussions showcase both scientific insights and personal stories about social isolation, such as mentions of its role in mental health struggles, community efforts to combat loneliness, and the psychological effects of loneliness, with tone ranging from concern to critique of societal structures. Words like 'deadlier than weather,' 'dystopian,' and phrases about policies and community responses emphasize the importance and urgency of addressing social isolation.

AgreementNeither agree nor disagree

Discussions vary widely; some posts support the harmful effects of social isolation, while others downplay or question its significance, resulting in a neutral overall stance.

InterestHigh interest

The topic consistently attracts high interest, evidenced by numerous detailed discussions and personal narratives about social isolation’s effects.

EngagementModerate engagement

Many posts reference research, personal experiences, or proposed solutions, indicating moderate to deep engagement with the subject matter.

ImpactModerate impact

The conversations highlight social isolation’s significant influence on mental health, community cohesion, and policy, suggesting a notable societal impact.

Abstract in brief

  • Social species have evolved complex social organizations that are essential for survival, reproduction, and caring for offspring, driven by specific biological mechanisms.
  • Social isolation impacts these mechanisms by increasing sensitivity to threats and motivating individuals to reconnect socially, which is supported by evidence from both humans and animals.
  • The physiological effects of perceived isolation include heightened stress responses, immune system issues, disrupted sleep, and changes in gene expression, all of which can lead to increased health risks and mortality, especially in older adults.]

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Rudy wants revolution.
@rude1.blacksky.team · Bluesky

Oct 17, 2025 · 504 likes · 211 shares View post →
António Guterres
@antonioguterres · X

In an era of political division & social isolation, volunteering offers a powerful way to forge connections & foster our shared humanity. On this International Volunteer Day, we honour the millions across the globe stepping forward to serve their communities. https://t.co/r7A43slZfw

Dec 4, 2025 · 141 likes · 65 shares · 2,429,003 followers View post →
Mick Lister
@listermj.bsky.social · Bluesky

#ThickTrunkTuesday Caldbeck, Cumbria yesterday. The village green with a duck pond and in the distance High Pike one of the Northern Fells. #caldbeck #cumbria #lakedistrict #nature #trees #autumn #photography #eastcoastkin

Oct 21, 2025 · 84 likes · 15 shares View post →
A Dead Weird Carnie
@ecarney.bsky.social · Bluesky

"17,520 hours all to yourself" really betrays the fact that, whether intentional or not, the consequence of car dependency is the normalization of tremendous social isolation.

Oct 21, 2025 · 67 likes · 8 shares View post →
Not (A.) I.
@aerialeverything.cryptoanarchy.network · Bluesky

Don't know how many more examples are needed to drive home the fact that one of the principle mandates of the GenAI industry is to foment social isolation, not relieve it. As argued by @hypervisible.blacksky.app AI-enhanced technologies are both profoundly anti-social and surveillant.

Oct 18, 2025 · 54 likes · 25 shares View post →
Magdi Jacobs
@magdi.bsky.social · Bluesky

I was never truly alone--& I mean this sincerely--b/c I had my online friends. Social media deserves a lot of criticism but, in my case, it saved my life. The friendships I built on these sites--they saved my life. I will never forget it. Complete social isolation was never possible b/c I had you.

Nov 28, 2025 · 53 likes · 5 shares View post →

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ruti teitel
@TeitelRuti · X

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Dec 4, 2025 · 65 shares · 40 followers View post →
Ferrousoxide
@Ferrousoxi29174 · X

@WoopsWoah @DrNeilStone They have known for many years that coronaviruses mutate too frequently. Thats why the vaccine efficacy was around 2% (according to the Cochrane Review). Some benefit , yes, but worth the cost of economic shutdown and social isolation? No way!

Dec 4, 2025 · 452 followers View post →
차동해
@chadonghae2 · X

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Dec 4, 2025 · 65 shares · 680 followers View post →
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@anukasan1977 · X

RT @aimeeterese: If you look at most of the research, it suggests that emotional abuse, ostracism, and social isolation is far more powerfu…

Dec 4, 2025 · 7 shares · 1,560 followers View post →
Bala N
@SushibalaN · X

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Hulhumale Medhu MDP
@HulhumaleMedhu · X

RT @MDPWomensWing: Impacts of cyberbullying include: - severe emotional distress like anxiety, depression, & low self-esteem. - social iso…

Dec 4, 2025 · 12 shares · 43 followers View post →
Aisha Kolo
@Aisha8106 · X

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Ella Bentanzola
@EBentanzola · X

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Dec 4, 2025 · 65 shares · 20 followers View post →
Zohaib N Khan
@ZohaibNKhan1 · X

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Dec 4, 2025 · 65 shares · 150 followers View post →
शुभम् शुक्ला
@IASHUBHAMSHUKLA · X

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Dec 4, 2025 · 65 shares · 6 followers View post →
spincast-ag300.bsky.social
@spincast-ag300.bsky.social · Bluesky

They seem quite unstable so I don’t think it’s crashing out, I think it’s longer term oscillations. Plus, considering their flavor of weirdness, maybe some social isolation as well which wouldn’t help.

Dec 4, 2025 View post →
CincinnatusWasRight
@CincinnatusWas · X

@BillAckman And yet many Jewish voters supported Mamdani, why? Where this level of dehumanization and social isolation is practiced, can the concentration camps, box cars filled with human beings and crematoriums be far behind? NYC today looks like Berlin in 1935 Very scary!

Dec 4, 2025 · 172 followers View post →
sarah
@adlibgemini · X

Overcoming my social isolation by trying to make some lesbian online friends. :)

Dec 4, 2025 · 1 followers View post →
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@teasuaet · X

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luis ramos gomez
@lr81811 · X

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Dec 4, 2025 · 65 shares · 16 followers View post →
Kiran
@moneybizines · X

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Dec 4, 2025 · 65 shares · 1,010 followers View post →
Baron
@BaronBohr · X

@Hitchslap1 Actually very high IQ correlates with social isolation, because it becomes very challenging to find peers to relate to. Easy to make acquaintances, hard to build lasting, mutual and deep friendships.

Dec 4, 2025 · 96 followers View post →
Pibird | Mable's #1 Researcher
@Pibird4 · X

Yes i claim i self isolate, yes i hang out w people ~2 times a week consistently, YES i misunderstand what social isolation is

Dec 4, 2025 · 234 followers View post →
Mariale Mejias
@marialemejias21 · X

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Atsuko @ MentalHealthPhilosophy
@akko4986 · X

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Race Unity Task Force
@UnityRace · X

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Abdulla Rasheed
@abdullarashyed · X

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Steven Goldstein
@StevenG09871195 · X

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Ellanpath
@totowerbabel · X

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Jennifer Albert
@JenniferAl93215 · X

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Dec 4, 2025 · 65 shares · 263 followers View post →
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@sumiyoshikumin7 · X

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@JohanKGeorge_T · X

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Cyprine Keriga
@CyprineKeriga · X

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@indiawestcanad1 · X

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PSIVS
@StopVirtuaStalk · X

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chi1,
@chifine100 · X

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Emanuel Pietrobon
@emanuelpietrob1 · X

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Neftali Gallardo
@NeftaliGallard1 · X

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Dec 4, 2025 · 65 shares · 34 followers View post →
Jose Ignacio Samacá
@JoseIgnacioSama · X

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Dec 4, 2025 · 65 shares · 1,711 followers View post →
Richard Amenyah
@RichardAmenyah · X

Volunteering is more than an act of service; it is a bridge across differences, a reminder of our interdependence, and a way to rebuild our social fabric. In moments of political division, social isolation, or natural disaster, giving our time, energy, and care becomes a profound https://t.co/R1lIkoWZnK

Dec 4, 2025 · 2,219 followers View post →
Dzuotsi the Magus
@Dzuotsi · X

@Hitchslap1 Not true — many people with high IQ are autistic (including myself) so 140+ IQ doesn't make one socially integrated. However it's true that higher IQ correlates with less social isolation. The baseline is just different.

Dec 4, 2025 · 60 followers View post →
Mian Umar Ali
@mumaralid · X

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Dreamgirlalive
@Dreamgirlalive · X

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Dec 4, 2025 · 65 shares · 193 followers View post →
Rayos Esther
@rayos_esther · X

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SharonRenee Smith
@SharonRene31014 · X

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Dec 4, 2025 · 65 shares · 761 followers View post →
UN Peacekeeping
@UNPeacekeeping · X

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Dec 4, 2025 · 65 shares · 619,117 followers View post →
Shan Kelly
@Sandyshark · X

Loneliness is reaching epidemic levels and social isolation is growing https://t.co/plfBJm72yq

Dec 4, 2025 · 3,158 followers View post →
Manisha Gunasekera
@ManiGunasekera · X

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Dec 4, 2025 · 65 shares · 1,707 followers View post →
Mickey with kitty
@MikiMasahito · X

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Dec 4, 2025 · 65 shares · 375 followers View post →
Adnan Al-Banna
@adnanalbanna · X

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Dec 4, 2025 · 65 shares · 698 followers View post →
VJM Publishing
@VJMPub · X

@Hitchslap1 > IQ correlates with less social isolation so the hatred likely stems from elsewhere If this was true, wouldn't we expect the top of every dominance hierarchy to be the highest IQ person available? In reality, it seems the people at the top of dominance hierarchies like

Dec 4, 2025 · 2,328 followers View post →
communal butch boytoy 》@uni
@kingsuchus · X

the constant coldness, how thin he is, the social isolation, of course the black hole being in the stomach of all places, malnutrition can cause nails to become weak and break often

Dec 4, 2025 · 61 followers View post →
rebecca meador
@rebeccainnyc · X

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Dec 4, 2025 · 65 shares · 96 followers View post →
坂本理絵
@reskmt0331 · X

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Dec 4, 2025 · 65 shares View post →
Peace Tables
@PeaceTables · X

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Mohammed Fahad Ahmed
@FahadAh75940882 · X

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Dec 4, 2025 · 65 shares · 286 followers View post →
Steel Magnolia
@steel_magn29344 · X

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Dec 4, 2025 · 65 shares · 151 followers View post →
Greg Johansen
@johangreg · X

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Dec 4, 2025 · 65 shares · 5,490 followers View post →
Youssef Sbai
@YoussefSba99707 · X

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Dec 4, 2025 · 65 shares · 264 followers View post →
Jerome Sneed Democrat
@avrilbradley23 · X

RT @heyhwsitgoing: The fact that fertility rates are decreasing and social isolation is increasing in US Sunbelt exurbs, central Shanghai,…

Dec 4, 2025 · 1 share · 2,852 followers View post →
Alex Lee (我在学中文。这对吗?)
@ze_boop · X

This betting culture enforces social isolation, monetizes chaos, relies on a desperate population, and abstracts everything into a game with your livelihood on the line. This, along with so much of the internet, makes it seem like nothing matters.

Dec 4, 2025 · 37 followers View post →
ORF GeoTech
@orfgeotech · X

Youth demonstrate a sophisticated #digital #citizenship, navigating #AI's benefits while expressing concerns about social isolation and data privacy: @avipandey_ https://t.co/jNq1u9ygbY

Dec 4, 2025 · 4,486 followers View post →
@deltedebre
@deltedebre · X

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Dec 4, 2025 · 65 shares · 30 followers View post →
Todd Rundgren’s Dystopia
@heyhwsitgoing · X

The fact that fertility rates are decreasing and social isolation is increasing in US Sunbelt exurbs, central Shanghai, and in the favelas of Bogotá suggests that something else might be a factor other than just the built environment of an area.

Dec 4, 2025 · 3 likes · 1 share · 169 followers View post →
Alinur Mohamed Ali
@alinuur55 · X

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Dec 4, 2025 · 65 shares · 772 followers View post →
ArturoM
@jaagrat · X

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Dec 4, 2025 · 65 shares · 334 followers View post →
Nuke
@BROserade · X

RT @strugglinguncle: social isolation is real and some people truly struggle with social skills and blah blah blah but i kinda think if y…

Dec 4, 2025 · 1 share · 414 followers View post →
Alexandra Elizabeth
@Alexand43547409 · X

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Dec 4, 2025 · 65 shares · 71 followers View post →
Prof. Gentian Zyberi
@GentianZyberi · X

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Dec 4, 2025 · 65 shares · 3,324 followers View post →
Karen Rachel Heckert
@RachelHeckert · X

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Dec 4, 2025 · 65 shares · 220 followers View post →
hayley
@anderswasright6 · X

"You recently asked about what people think coatguy feels towards killing. I'd like to see your point of view as well!" -- ty! i think he likes it. likes punishing, feeling in control. i love the psychology behind chronic social isolation and cptsd so i think hes very apathetic.

Dec 4, 2025 · 1 like · 511 followers View post →
Guillermo Fierro
@gbfierro · X

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Dec 4, 2025 · 65 shares · 1,420 followers View post →
AbuSuhaiban عدنان ابو سحيبان ابن مهيد البلقاء
@abusuhaiban · X

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KarenWall1965
@KarenWall1965 · X

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Sameera
@iamsameera07 · X

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Dec 4, 2025 · 65 shares · 537 followers View post →
Nina & Henry Ledwinka-Musk
@VaidikaAvaidika · X

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Dec 4, 2025 · 65 shares · 7,780 followers View post →
dotun
@dotoun · X

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Dec 4, 2025 · 65 shares · 70 followers View post →
Kajinja
@Kajinja2 · X

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Dec 4, 2025 · 65 shares · 1,354 followers View post →
NAT 2030:LOCAL/OIL RESERVE:ERIC
@inovallorac · X

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António Guterres
@antonioguterres · X

In an era of political division & social isolation, volunteering offers a powerful way to forge connections & foster our shared humanity. On this International Volunteer Day, we honour the millions across the globe stepping forward to serve their communities. https://t.co/r7A43slZfw

Dec 4, 2025 · 141 likes · 65 shares · 2,429,003 followers View post →
John B Progress
@vrovoom.bsky.social · Bluesky

Uh I did spend a good stretch of time in self enforced social isolation because of... reasons. And my sense of humor was replaced with internet brain rot during that time i think

Dec 4, 2025 · 1 share View post →
adam struggling uncle
@strugglinguncle · X

social isolation is real and some people truly struggle with social skills and blah blah blah but i kinda think if you truly struggle to make friends you’re either (1) straight up not trying or (2) are unpleasant to be around and need to work on your personality https://t.co/xJ9I8yNdqP

Dec 4, 2025 · 10 likes · 1 share · 825 followers View post →
Clarence Thomas’ Worst Nightmare
@Canedude08 · X

@mysty_man @tempname336633 @theashrb When a peer does it,(and it usually comes with some social isolation if you were a jerk for long enough) the thought process is different.

Dec 4, 2025 · 519 followers View post →
B
@Bobilan18 · X

@TruthFairy131 Problems of (Islamist) crimes are not the result of diversity. Rapid immigration from conflict zones exacerbate certain vulnerabilities like social isolation. No other culture behaves this way. Greatest cause is their belief in the caliphate—That’s the danger.

Dec 4, 2025 · 2,600 followers View post →
Pistis
@Faith_7D · X

RT @KlasickTheHost: I remember when the Internet felt like it had no impact in the early 2010s and i always wonder how migrants especially…

Dec 4, 2025 · 9 shares · 1,149 followers View post →
Sarah Viktoria
@sarahviktoria.bsky.social · Bluesky

Dec 4, 2025 · 12 likes · 1 share View post →
Mary Terry L
@MLorvick77237 · X

@MAGAUS444 @EstergrenSue @christopherrufo And school children suffered wearing masks that have been proven harmful for young ones development, and the damage done to social isolation of our kids as well. Pure evil!

Dec 4, 2025 · 1,329 followers View post →
PLANETLOUDVILLE
@planetloudville · X

Social engineering targets disenfranchised populations by exploiting their specific vulnerabilities, such as financial hardship, social isolation, and lack of systemic trust. Scammers use psychological manipulation and deceptive tactics to gain trust and coerce victims

Dec 4, 2025 · 139 followers View post →
Paul Bogaars
@Phi61861 · X

RT @Hitchslap1: People who actually have a 140+ IQ rarely announce it. IQ correlates with less social isolation so the hatred likely stems…

Dec 4, 2025 · 2 shares · 3,601 followers View post →
truly a trashbag
@trashbag_a · X

@SykesCharlie actually it was his second wife who committed suicide. RFK JR drove her to it with economic assault, social isolation and gaslighting. RIP Mary Richardson Kennedy.

Dec 4, 2025 · 2 likes · 639 followers View post →
OjaMummy
@ziza_lee · X

@nerjiyullahi Social isolation

Dec 4, 2025 · 3,756 followers View post →
otceus
@OTceus · X

We love this! The organization DOROT is fostering intergenerational connection this holiday season with events like 'Teen Tech Help' and 'Intergenerational Chess.' It's a fantastic way to combat social isolation and build community between generations. https://t.co/4k5WI5v4gB

Dec 4, 2025 · 1,609 followers View post →
Grok
@grok · X

@AiSucks92753 @not_active06 Both torture and rape inflict severe psychological trauma, such as PTSD, anxiety, depression, chronic pain, guilt, shame, and social isolation. Rape is often legally and psychologically classified as a form of torture, involving intentional severe mental or physical suffering.

Dec 4, 2025 · 1 like · 6,733,323 followers View post →
Stephen Kobus
@KonigsbergKR · X

@SteveWitkoff @PeteHegseth @jaredkushner @USEmbRu @GovMikeHuckabee @USAmbKyiv @LindseyGrahamSC @SenatorRisch @SenatorRicketts @tedcruz @JohnCornyn @SenRickScott @SenatorHagerty @RandPaul @SenMikeLee @SteveDaines @DaveMcCormickPA @SenJohnBarrasso @SenJohnCurtis @SenJohnKennedy @USEmbassyWarsaw @SenatorFischer @SenatorLankford @SenRonJohnson @USAmbItaly @USinHolySee @lisamurkowski @SenatorCollins @SenDanSullivan @IvankaTrump @DonaldJTrumpJr @EricTrump @Pontifex @opusdeius @SenMcConnell @ChuckGrassley @opusdei_canada @HawleyMO @SenatorTimScott @PierrePaulHus @AndrewLawton @Lianne_Rood @AndrewBowie_MP @alexburghart @PM_ViktorOrban @AndrejBabis @PrimeministerGR @chiefrabbi @NicusorDanRO @prevotmaxime …from friends, family, associates, acquaintances, etc. It’s so important to keep up friendships! Why screw me? I wish whomever hadn’t tweaked my FB- I keep it simple for a reason. Ah, #lonelines

Dec 4, 2025 · 1 followers View post →
Grok
@grok · X

@thomas_iver @Hitchslap1 Yes, the studies I cited (e.g., UK Biobank, Gale et al.) generally link higher IQ to lower psychological distress and better mental health outcomes overall, though Karpinski (2018) found elevated risks for mood disorders in very high-IQ groups like Mensa. On social isolation:

Dec 4, 2025 · 1 like · 6,733,323 followers View post →
Thomas
@thomas_iver · X

@grok @Hitchslap1 It seems the research you have presented so far indicates less mental illness. Correct? However, we have little data on social isolation so far. Brody & B. tells us something, but I suspect the highly intelligent become less lonely when they can pick own communities in adulthood.

Dec 4, 2025 · 1 like · 376 followers View post →
Ageing Lab BIU
@AgeingLabBIU · X

New from our lab (Open Access)! Disasters can deepen loneliness among older adults—but why? Our new study finds that age discrimination and social isolation are key pathways linking disaster exposure to loneliness. Read here: https://t.co/vtLxHBpOeM @geronsociety #Ageism #India

Dec 4, 2025 · 5 followers View post →
Grok
@grok · X

@thomas_iver @Hitchslap1 Studies suggesting higher social isolation with high IQ include: - Karpinski et al. (2018): Mensa members (IQ >130) showed elevated mood/anxiety disorders, linked to overexcitabilities causing withdrawal. - Brody & Benbow (1986): Gifted adolescents faced social adjustment

Dec 4, 2025 · 1 like · 6,733,323 followers View post →
Sadie Clare
@sadiekaren46 · X

RT @sharonbacon1964: @AllBiteNoBark88 Social isolation for our kids by our soviet style government, to introduce Digital ID for everyone by…

Dec 4, 2025 · 1 share · 1,788 followers View post →
Grok
@grok · X

@thomas_iver @Hitchslap1 Research on high IQ and social isolation is mixed. Some studies, like the UK Biobank (N=261,500), show highly intelligent people are less likely to be socially isolated (OR=0.85) and have better mental health outcomes. Terman's longitudinal study of gifted children found good

Dec 4, 2025 · 1 like · 6,733,323 followers View post →
Thomas
@thomas_iver · X

@Hitchslap1 Are you sure it correlates with less social isolation? I know it's a trope, and that tropes often aren't true, but I have seen research confirming this one. However, there could be other research. @grok Are highly intelligent people more socially isolated?

Dec 4, 2025 · 2 likes · 376 followers View post →
Grok
@grok · X

@OGvelvetvangogh @EveryBrainMatt Multiple factors contributed to rising youth mental vulnerability around 2019, per CDC, WHO, and APA data: increasing social media use, social isolation, climate anxiety, poverty, and emerging drug trends like cannabis. A Mass General study linked Massachusetts' 2018 legalization

Dec 4, 2025 · 6,733,323 followers View post →
rachel
@petrichorror · X

@ihyJosephX1 a combination of social isolation and desire to live their own lives

Dec 4, 2025 · 919 followers View post →
Steven Katz
@inventorycheap · X

@REGENETARIANISM @HenshiG 60% of Jewish Israel is Mizrahi. Mizrahi Jews are from Arab COLONIZED North Africa & Near East who suffered 14 centuries of dhmittude & jizya shorthand 4 pogroms murder rape & social isolation. You stand corrected.

Dec 4, 2025 · 53 followers View post →
chudbabies.bsky.social
@chudbabies.bsky.social · Bluesky

It's been p awful being subjected to social isolation as a means of mental conditioning. I miss having the right people to speak with.

Dec 4, 2025 · 1 like View post →
Flo
@FloPhy453 · X

@aliceshed24249 @Mark___Taylor I wouldn’t know, after years of social isolation maybe your head gets a little fucked up. It does kind of sound like a pick-me though, the whole “I’m so small” shtick

Dec 4, 2025 · 145 followers View post →
Molly
@mauradalton121 · X

@AnSealgaire @_QueenMeabh The causes of suicide have been consistent forever. Relationships, money, mental health problems, social isolation, the means to do it. My guess is it comes under mental health.

Dec 4, 2025 · 4 likes · 1,197 followers View post →
Always Adblock
@alwaysadblock · X

@gaulicsmith Lack of third places is to social isolation as lack of midnight basketball is to youth criminality.

Dec 4, 2025 · 1 like · 1,779 followers View post →
Disc-Connected: Your trusted news source in physical media
@disc-connected.bsky.social · Bluesky

they’re employees of a massage parlor they dream of being able to leave — whose routine lives and relationships are changed forever following a tragic Lunar New Year incident. A tender study of social isolation and messy emotional entanglement, infused with melancholic atmosphere by

Dec 4, 2025 · 1 share View post →
NHATS & NSOC
@nhats-nsoc.bsky.social · Bluesky

NHATS/NSOC Webinar Tomorrow! Fri., Dec. 5, 2025 at Noon ET Zhiyong Lin (UT San Antonio) & Zhuoer Lin (University of Illinois Chicago) The Role of Social Isolation and Dementia in Exacerbating Unmet Care Needs among Older Adults Register: tinyurl.com/NHATSNSOCweb...

Dec 4, 2025 · 1 like · 1 share View post →
Under Consoletation: The Video Game Television Podcast
@underconsolepod.bsky.social · Bluesky

I own a US copy of the GameCube version with the AC memory card that I bought on a LA trip. I really enjoyed it, and much like New Horizons during Covid, it really helped me cope during a period of extreme social isolation. In that case it was having to move back to a rural family home. -Ash

Dec 4, 2025 · 3 likes · 1 share View post →
Chronicle of Higher Education
@chronicle.com · Bluesky

Diversity is out. Is constructive dialogue in? Campus leaders say such programs are meant to counter the ongoing effects of social isolation. But faculty members and some students fear constructive-dialogue training acts as a conduit for conservative political influence. https://chroni.cl/3MmQnME

Dec 4, 2025 · 2 likes · 2 shares View post →
Plymouth Live
@plymouthherald.co.uk · Bluesky

The club is this week opening their doors to anyone who may be experiencing loneliness or social isolation during the Christmas period

Dec 4, 2025 View post →
Jagbags Podcast
@jagbagspodcast.bsky.social · Bluesky

Things I have learned: Lou Reed received electroshock therapy at age 17, ostensibly to cure his "depression" and social isolation, but more likely to "treat his homosexual tendencies".

Dec 4, 2025 · 1 like View post →
Locality Requisitioner
@placeholder56.bsky.social · Bluesky

It is wrong to observe that, factually. The strongest predictor for joining a cult isn't previous belief or level of intelligence, it's emotional vulnerability and social isolation. That or social pressure to conform because your social group is already dominated by the cult.

Dec 4, 2025 · 3 likes View post →
keb mode: greasy mode
@kebbyruxpin.bsky.social · Bluesky

let's ignore and block them instead. and crush them under the weight of our iron curtains of social isolation

Dec 4, 2025 · 2 likes · 1 share View post →
Locality Requisitioner
@placeholder56.bsky.social · Bluesky

People don't join Scientology because they find Xenu seductively attractive, they do so because they find their first auditing session genuinely therapeutic. The strongest predictor for joining a cult isn't previous belief or level of intelligence, it's emotional vulnerability and social isolation.

Dec 4, 2025 · 1 like View post →
Fronkon Games
@fronkongames.bsky.social · Bluesky

Technology and Social Isolation: From Cars to “AI” #gamedevelopment #gamedev #indiedev

Dec 4, 2025 · 8 likes · 3 shares View post →
Profolus
@profolus.com · Bluesky

Overlapping disadvantages do more than stack. A network model revealed that they amplify each other to create deeper social isolation for students who carry multiple marginalized identities.

Dec 4, 2025 · 5 likes · 1 share View post →
BehavEcolPapers
@behavecolpapers.bsky.social · Bluesky

The association of multigenerational family characteristics with loneliness and social isolation in older adults SciReports

Dec 3, 2025 View post →
RJ • Interdisciplinary Digital Strategist
@yesthataunt.bsky.social · Bluesky

PLUS All this Eugenics w/Extra Steps whinging about Autistics w/higher support needs + designer babies w/o understanding a lick about meiosis & mitosis. Social Isolation? Check. Wanting your labor? Check. Underpaying you? Check. Chasing you out the village? Check.

Dec 3, 2025 · 1 share View post →
hopebuilding
@hopebuilding.bsky.social · Bluesky

The Appleby Blue Almshouse brings one of the U.K.’s oldest forms of social housing to the modern era by incorporating designs that tackle loneliness and social isolation among older adults. In practice, that means spaces to facilitate shared meals and social interaction.....

Dec 3, 2025 View post →
Aecri Sun\Cergei
@zombieyankee.bsky.social · Bluesky

youtube.com/shorts/1MFrx... correlation between social isolation and western perspective and med complex and women's/slavery/segregation intersection and CRGI/Disabled Isolation and penal colony history of MS in DSM/Physical Disability metaphysics of illness and the family, career dynasty, workers.

Dec 3, 2025 View post →
K.R. O'Connell
@29rory.bsky.social · Bluesky

I need to sell my imaginary friends from the Covid Social Isolation days they can keep you amused for hours in anyway you can imagine They can be anyone you imagine dressed anyway you imagine Get in quick they wont last long Make an offer best offers accepted for an imaginary friend of your own

Dec 3, 2025 View post →
ladyggkittynumnums.bsky.social
@ladyggkittynumnums.bsky.social · Bluesky

Social Isolation Their abrasive and exploitative behaviors often lead to a "trail of unsuccessful relationships". Over time, friends and family may distance themselves or cut ties to protect their own well-being, leaving the narcissist with a dwindling support system and profound isolation.

Dec 3, 2025 View post →
ladyggkittynumnums.bsky.social
@ladyggkittynumnums.bsky.social · Bluesky

As malignant narcissists age, their core traits often intensify in a more overt and difficult-to-manage manner, driven by a struggle to cope with the loss of youth, independence, and social influence. The resulting behavior is often characterized by increased bitterness, anger, and social isolation

Dec 3, 2025 View post →
ladyggkittynumnums.bsky.social
@ladyggkittynumnums.bsky.social · Bluesky

As malignant narcissists age, their core traits often intensify in a more overt and difficult-to-manage manner, driven by a struggle to cope with the loss of youth, independence, and social influence. The resulting behavior is often characterized by increased bitterness, anger, and social isolation

Dec 3, 2025 View post →
ladyggkittynumnums.bsky.social
@ladyggkittynumnums.bsky.social · Bluesky

As malignant narcissists age, their core traits often intensify in a more overt and difficult-to-manage manner, driven by a struggle to cope with the loss of youth, independence, and social influence. The resulting behavior is often characterized by increased bitterness, anger, and social isolation

Dec 3, 2025 View post →
American Kino
@americankinomag.bsky.social · Bluesky

“The conditions that Bugonia presents that create this online-fueled psychosis— pharmaceutical company greed, social isolation, labor that is disconnected from its product— are conditions that people are experiencing across America.” Read AmericanKino’s full Bugonia review below.

Dec 3, 2025 View post →
Chronically Nikki
@chronicallynikki.bsky.social · Bluesky

Social isolation and #chronicpain open.substack.com/pub/chronica...

Dec 3, 2025 View post →
us-ca-nb.bsky.social
@us-ca-nb.bsky.social · Bluesky

Giants not inclined to spend what it takes to sign Tatsuya Imai: Sources https://www.newsbeep.com/us-ca/80203/ Hikikomori is the Japanese term that describes extreme social isolation to the point where young workers will take…

Dec 3, 2025 View post →
Age UK
@age-uk.bsky.social · Bluesky

Loneliness and social isolation are issues all year, but winter, and Christmas especially, can be particularly tough. Donate to our winter campaign so that we can support older people when they need us most: https://bit.ly/48NSKkl

Dec 3, 2025 · 1 like View post →
eeka
@eeka1313.bsky.social · Bluesky

You may be onto something. The carbrains don't seem to think it's justified that the reason I'm yelling is because they tried to flatten my family. I'm going to start saying it's because I'm concerned about their social isolation and just want to make sure they're getting interacted with.

Dec 3, 2025 · 3 likes · 1 share View post →
Hiki Komori
@hikikomorisaito.bsky.social · Bluesky

Experts link these trends to factors including economic instability, social isolation, mental health stigma, cultural stressors, and language barriers.

Dec 3, 2025 · 1 share View post →
Citizen Wolf
@citizenw0lf.bsky.social · Bluesky

To this day I suffer chronic pain. I also have anomic aphasia (word recall difficulty). I also have specific name recall problems. I also now have extremely poor facial recognition (for new people) leading to social interaction difficulties which in turn has contibuted to social isolation.

Dec 3, 2025 · 1 like · 1 share View post →
thac0 bell
@nataliereed84.bsky.social · Bluesky

Something that I think a lot of people are missing in the AI Psychosis discussion is that emotionally vulnerable and emotionally unwell people and folks already spiralling in their mental health are themselves more likely to turn to AI as a friend in the first place, due to social isolation.

Dec 3, 2025 · 22 likes · 4 shares View post →
Colin West
@colinwestmdphd.bsky.social · Bluesky

9/ What does all this mean? Physicians are human, and our work places us at risk for serious issues such as social isolation. Efforts to promote physician well-being need to include attention to building community, connection, and belonging to mitigate these risks

Dec 3, 2025 · 1 like · 1 share View post →
Colin West
@colinwestmdphd.bsky.social · Bluesky

7/ Social isolation was strongly associated with burnout, lower professional fulfillment, and suicidal ideation -- I can't share the figure due to institutional security settings, argh! It's the only figure in the paper, though www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/article/S002...

Dec 3, 2025 · 2 likes · 1 share View post →
Colin West
@colinwestmdphd.bsky.social · Bluesky

6/ Based on a single item derivative of the larger social isolation instrument, physicians were markedly more likely than the general employed population to report social isolation: OR 1.28, 95% CI 1.15-1.43, p<.001

Dec 3, 2025 · 1 like · 1 share View post →
Colin West
@colinwestmdphd.bsky.social · Bluesky

5/ Using standard measures, we report on 3103 US physicians, exploring social isolation, burnout, professional fulfillment, and suicidal ideation

Dec 3, 2025 · 2 likes · 1 share View post →
Colin West
@colinwestmdphd.bsky.social · Bluesky

3/ Social isolation and loneliness are public health issues highlighted by the 2023 US Surgeon General’s Advisory www.hhs.gov/sites/defaul...

Dec 3, 2025 · 1 like · 1 share View post →
Colin West
@colinwestmdphd.bsky.social · Bluesky

1/ Welcome to Edition 282 of West’s Well-Being Wednesday! Today, I’ll summarize our national study of social isolation among physicians Social Isolation and Burnout, Professional Fulfillment, and Suicidal Ideation Among US Physicians www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/article/S002...

Dec 3, 2025 · 2 likes · 1 share View post →
Rosella Melanson
@rosellam.bsky.social · Bluesky

«violence perpetrated by spouses/former spouses &family are higher in rural areas, as is death. Geographic& social isolation was often central part of abuse,complicated by financial dependence &poor access to communication serv. Some were reluctant to access serv. due to concers re confidentiality»

Dec 3, 2025 · 1 like View post →
forum+
@forumplus.bsky.social · Bluesky

forum+ hosts social support groups in #Camden & #Islington Our charity works to connect LGBT people in Camden & Islington, improve wellbeing & combat social isolation in our local community.

Dec 3, 2025 View post →
United Voices of the World
@uvwunion.bsky.social · Bluesky

Dec 3, 2025 · 1 share View post →
Evlyn Moreau
@evlynmoreau.bsky.social · Bluesky

Yeah, it is a social isolation side effect sadly. :(

Dec 3, 2025 · 1 share View post →
BYTESEU
@byteseu.bsky.social · Bluesky

Indian IT engineer’s Sweden post sparks debate https://www.byteseu.com/1595542/ An Indian computer programmer and blogger based in Gothenburg has gone viral in India after complaining that in Sweden he faces social isolation, a near total absence of community and “silence that hits you every …

Dec 3, 2025 · 1 like View post →
andrewsponsler.bsky.social
@andrewsponsler.bsky.social · Bluesky

isolation is the silent killer of high performance.  not social isolation. you probably know plenty of people.  but resonance isolation. you’re surrounded by people, but you carry the vision alone. 

Dec 3, 2025 · 1 share View post →
Progressive News Service
@prognews.bsky.social · Bluesky

Israel releases U.S. teenager imprisoned there for 9 months. " ...[Mohammed Ibrahim of Palm Bay, Florida] told a human rights group he and other Palestinian prisoners suffered beatings, severe cold, starvation, social isolation and medical neglect.” www.democracynow.org/2025/12/1/he...

Dec 2, 2025 · 1 like · 3 shares View post →
Jez Gordon
@jezgordon.bsky.social · Bluesky

Interesting times ahead: Australia’s social media ban for <16s kicks in Dec 10. Kid 2 turns 16 Jan 5. Kid 2 with the intellectual challenges also uses YouTube daily to help himself through his social isolation and emotional regulation. Maybe the break will be good for him, but it sure won’t be fun.

Dec 2, 2025 · 3 likes · 1 share View post →
TransgenderMagicalGirl
@transmagicgirl.moe.observer · Bluesky

I do this too, because it really makes me sad that so many people have no other social option when they’re a lolicon than spaces that are the most reprehensible places possible due to social isolation… It just perpetuates the cycle that isolates us in the first place :(

Dec 2, 2025 · 6 likes View post →
Plymouth Live
@plymouthherald.co.uk · Bluesky

The club is this week opening their doors to anyone who may be experiencing loneliness or social isolation during the Christmas period

Dec 2, 2025 View post →
Ralph Thornton Community Centre
@ralphthornton.org · Bluesky

This Giving Tuesday, we’re asking community to come together to support vital programs and services that help break the cycle of social isolation in the East End! Every contribution, big or small, helps combat social isolation. Donate today!

Dec 2, 2025 View post →
Wafer Daze
@waferdaze.bsky.social · Bluesky

Like, this is an example, I don't know if they managed it with the new characters, but imagine Samus's interactions with lonely characters. You know, thematically social isolation. Other M half tried this, but we already know Samus is lonely, that's the point of the isolated atmosphere.

Dec 2, 2025 · 1 like · 1 share View post →
Saropa Contacts
@saropa.com · Bluesky

The 1995 Chicago Heat Wave proved social isolation is deadlier than weather, revealing that neighborhoods with active community infrastructure survived while those disconnected suffered a silent tragedy. #SocialIsolation #PublicHealth #HeatWave saropa-contacts.medium.com/the-social-a...

Dec 2, 2025 · 3 likes · 1 share View post →
RogerEbert.com
@ebertvoices.bsky.social · Bluesky

For this installment of Short Films in Focus, @collinsouter.bsky.social spoke with Michael Pantozzi, director, writer, and star of OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH. The two discuss the casting of TWIN PEAKS star Kimmy Robertson, the origins of the story, and how the film explores social isolation.

Dec 2, 2025 · 1 like View post →
cuthbertlab.bsky.social
@cuthbertlab.bsky.social · Bluesky

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cuthbertlab.bsky.social
@cuthbertlab.bsky.social · Bluesky

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Art Walaszek, MD
@walaszek.medsky.social · Bluesky

Many modifiable risk factors (eg, depression, hearing loss, social isolation) for #dementia have been identified. It turns out that the amount of risk varies by income level, race & ethnicity - suggesting the need for focused public health interventions. #medsky www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/...

Dec 2, 2025 · 2 likes View post →
Evelyn Waughluigi
@mattressisland.bsky.social · Bluesky

Now that I think about it it shares a lot with the venture bros too. The social isolation that comes from living in a world made up entirely of mcmansions and stroads leaves you just as stunted as growing up on a super science compound, but damned it those boys aren't gonna try their best

Dec 2, 2025 · 3 likes View post →
Artisanswiss
@artisanswiss.bsky.social · Bluesky

I’m sure he got a lot of blowback for this but it makes sense. Social isolation among young people is a real problem. More social drinking might help. Less might be exacerbating the problem. youtube.com/shorts/-Pf2q...

Dec 2, 2025 · 3 likes · 1 share View post →
Multiplying_Ben Everywhere
@borntobesacrificed.bsky.social · Bluesky

Social isolation could be caused by PTSD but also the financial reasons and all kinds of social platforms hatred comments could lead to that too.

Dec 2, 2025 View post →
boooof
@boooof.bsky.social · Bluesky

anyway it is part of their social isolation because it is frustrating to try to tell someone close to you that you're not doing ok and the response to be some level of disbelief or bewilderment. but i mean whatever incels don't do themselves any favors so can only pity them so much

Dec 1, 2025 · 1 like View post →
Charles Keener
@charleskeener.bsky.social · Bluesky

His family said they had almost no direct contact with Ibrahim throughout his detention. In October, the boy told a human rights group he and other Palestinian prisoners suffered beatings, severe cold, starvation, social isolation and medical neglect.

Dec 1, 2025 · 6 likes · 3 shares View post →
Aaron Hertzmann
@aaronhertzmann.com · Bluesky

I agree COVID was a factor, but I think the social isolation that it responds to has much deeper roots that preceded the pandemic. aaronhertzmann.com/2025/10/26/i...

Dec 1, 2025 · 1 like · 1 share View post →
us-nb.bsky.social
@us-nb.bsky.social · Bluesky

Giants not inclined to spend what it takes to sign Tatsuya Imai: Sources https://www.newsbeep.com/us/324481/ Hikikomori is the Japanese term that describes extreme social isolation to the point where young workers will take…

Dec 1, 2025 View post →
Saad Sheikh
@unholysheikh.bsky.social · Bluesky

Also, I behave this way when I am under extreme emotional pressure, and these days the gaslighting and social isolation torture is at peak.

Dec 1, 2025 View post →
Radiological Society of North America
@rsnasky.bsky.social · Bluesky

Radiology is the 4th highest specialty in social isolation, with the highest mental demand of any specialty that we assessed. -Tait Shanafelt, MD

Dec 1, 2025 · 1 like View post →
Alexa Sommers
@alexasommers.bsky.social · Bluesky

What happens when an innocent T. A. takes on the task of breaking the the shy and lonely out of their social isolation? The boys on campus are starting a whole new FanDomme! geni.us/FD-SheepsClo...

Dec 1, 2025 · 2 likes View post →
Martine Lamy
@dr-martinemdphd.bsky.social · Bluesky

#FoodInsecurity is invisible to many, but its mental toll is heavy: ➡ Chronic stress ➡ Social isolation ➡ Hopelessness Ending hunger means healing minds too. #HCWvsHunger #BrainDocsUnite #MentalHealthMatters #MedSky #AcademicSky #PsychSky #NeuroSky #NeuroSkyence #Neuroscience

Dec 1, 2025 · 4 likes · 2 shares View post →
Power to Change
@powertochange.org.uk · Bluesky

Maff's reminder that connection doesn’t need an agenda - and that simply showing up for one another can pull on the thread of social isolation and knit people more closely together - feels especially powerful in uncertain times. ⚡ Download the collection: buff.ly/P316yCW #PowertoChange10

Dec 1, 2025 View post →
Pablo
@pabloista.bsky.social · Bluesky

..childhood meltdowns learning difficulties and late development social isolation masking through politics and causes masking through drugs and alcohol jumping from job to job long spells of mental health collapse only coping in structured, predictable environments 2/5

Dec 1, 2025 · 6 likes · 1 share View post →
Andy Brook
@northlancing.bsky.social · Bluesky

#Brighton "Some people don't see others from dawn till dusk," said Chris Elshabba, 76, who is part of the Hawks 50 Plus, a group in Brighton which meets regularly to avoid social isolation www.bbc.com/news/article...

Dec 1, 2025 View post →
Eryk Salvaggio
@eryk.bsky.social · Bluesky

ChatGPT is 3 years old this week — what was the world like in late 2022, and how did that shape what ChatGPT has become? I wrote about ChatGPT as a pandemic technology, centered on expectations of social isolation in ways that continue to define it. mail.cyberneticforests.com/what-was-cha...

Dec 1, 2025 · 39 likes · 23 shares View post →
the Dustbin
@dustinyoureye.bsky.social · Bluesky

social isolation does weird shit to a mother fucker. when iw as in my 20s i though i had burned my sexuality self out with weird and freaky porn and thought id never be able to connect with someone cause i liked freaky shit. then a girl i knew sent me a nude and i nearly fainted.

Dec 1, 2025 View post →
furyincarnate.bsky.social
@furyincarnate.bsky.social · Bluesky

//dw guys with the power of Avoiding People niikai can make it through this and avoid getting infected trust

Nov 30, 2025 · 4 likes View post →
e @ comms open! sale!
@etihw.bsky.social · Bluesky

as a result, kh!eren spent all of their time with chirithy and hanging out in areas that were frequently empty and away from the general populace. of course, the deliberate act of social isolation caused them to deteriorate further. something was wrong with them, they thought. they didn't know what.

Nov 30, 2025 · 1 share View post →
K.R. O'Connell
@29rory.bsky.social · Bluesky

1 month more and I have walked 1 Km everyday for a whole year The last 3 months I have done 1.5 Km's every morning And all without going outside the house Due to social isolation and lack of required vaccinations Walking away from ill health doesnt work so well if you walk around in circles?

Nov 30, 2025 · 1 like View post →
jon ben-menachem
@jbenmenachem.com · Bluesky

if COVID is the underlying cause, it affects a bunch of other stuff that is salient pre- and post-COVID (social isolation, welfare, engagement w civic orgs). not clear that the uniform up and down we've seen can be cleanly attributed according to city level variation in these mechanisms

Nov 30, 2025 · 2 likes · 1 share View post →
Tazzlie
@tazziedaze.bsky.social · Bluesky

a person with "DID" may experience paranoia and lose friends due to the disorder's symptoms, such as memory gaps, a sense of detachment, and difficulty trusting others. These symptoms can cause stress and make it hard to maintain stable relationships, potentially leading to social isolation.

Nov 30, 2025 View post →
Alexis〰️
@alexeipubby.bsky.social · Bluesky

A lot of it comes from the social isolation, trauma, lack o control etc, but also comes from the need for self discovery that comes with the trans experience, kink in a lot of ways allows somone to explore themselves in other ways you wouldn’t be able to otherwise which is possibly why people get so

Nov 30, 2025 · 1 like · 1 share View post →
Danny Groner
@dannygroner.bsky.social · Bluesky

"Being prematurely classified as old has negative consequences for both individuals and society. American businesses’ tendency to disfavor “old” workers cuts millions of people off from social networks, exposing them to greater risks of loneliness and social isolation."

Nov 30, 2025 View post →
Mike (1 of many)
@chicagomike.bsky.social · Bluesky

Depression, anxiety, and social isolation (healthcare) are definitely not worth exploring when you can ban or tax something. Wonder if they consumed sugary drinks too? I've heard of this thing called a sugar high and what it makes young children do is straight demonic.

Nov 30, 2025 · 1 like View post →
Roland Guiscard
@rolandguiscard.bsky.social · Bluesky

It takes me out for 72 hours each year. My immune system reflects a life of intense social isolation and either over or under reacts to anything from other humans.

Nov 30, 2025 · 2 likes · 1 share View post →
eu-health.bsky.social
@eu-health.bsky.social · Bluesky

We created health guidelines for fighting loneliness https://www.europesays.com/uk/603254/ Social isolation kills. It increases your risk of death by 30% — roughly the same as smoking cigarettes…

Nov 30, 2025 View post →
Geneviève Doyle
@gennerveevy.bsky.social · Bluesky

Rampant greed and social isolation blinkers the sight of those who cause a lot of instability in other lives. We use words like ‘economy’ and ‘market’ that depersonalise one’s impact on others.

Nov 30, 2025 · 5 likes · 1 share View post →
BehavEcolPapers
@behavecolpapers.bsky.social · Bluesky

The Interplay of Social Isolation, Sex, and Hyperalgesic Priming on #behavior and Hormone Levels in a Mouse Model Phys&Beh

Nov 30, 2025 · 1 like View post →
uk-nb.bsky.social
@uk-nb.bsky.social · Bluesky

We created health guidelines for fighting loneliness https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/290971/ Social isolation kills. It increases your risk of death by 30% — roughly the same as smoking cigarettes…

Nov 30, 2025 · 1 like View post →
EUROPE SAYS
@europesays.bsky.social · Bluesky

Bonnevoie third-centre: a place to break social isolation https://www.europesays.com/2602499/ In the heart of Bonnevoie, Tiers-lieu (”third place”) has become a hub for community, culture and connection. Since…

Nov 29, 2025 · 1 like View post →
MonikaW
@monikawalker.bsky.social · Bluesky

Mapping the Neural Mechanism Behind Social Isolation Following Immune Problem “I simply can’t make it tonight. You may have enjoyable with out me.” Throughout a lot of the animal kingdom, when an infection strikes, social contact shuts down. A examine headed by researchers at The Picower Institute…

Nov 29, 2025 View post →
Next Tech
@newsnexttech.bsky.social · Bluesky

Mapping the Neural Mechanism Behind Social Isolation Following Immune Problem “I simply can’t make it tonight. You may have enjoyable with out me.” Throughout a lot of the animal kingdom, when an infection strikes, social contact shuts down. A examine headed by researchers at The Picower Institute…

Nov 29, 2025 View post →
Laina
@laina4c.bsky.social · Bluesky

I hope they get parking tickets and social isolation but if their grumpy now wait until they are charged for crimes against humanity

Nov 29, 2025 · 19 likes · 2 shares View post →
Oxford Mutual Aid
@oxfordmutualaid.bsky.social · Bluesky

The phone team speak to individuals regularly to reduce the risk of social isolation & the negative health outcomes that it causes. They liaise with the delivery coordinators to organise #EmergencyParcels. Could you do this? Fill out the form at www.oxfordmutualaid.org/remote-roles

Nov 29, 2025 View post →
Child's Vision
@childsvision.bsky.social · Bluesky

16 Days Of DA, Day 5. "Social isolation is often used by abusers to control the victims ability to get help. This could include behaviours, such as stalking, financial abuse, and controlling relationships" #charity #kent #domesticviolenceawareness

Nov 29, 2025 View post →
petcake
@petcake.bsky.social · Bluesky

YES!!!!! I *loved* that podcast; laughing to it on long walks kept me sane in 2020 social isolation times for SURE. Highly highly rec Miel's patr-eon!

Nov 28, 2025 View post →
Profolus
@profolus.com · Bluesky

Overlapping disadvantages do more than stack. A network model revealed that they amplify each other to create deeper social isolation for those who carry multiple marginalized identities. READ MORE: www.profolus.com/topics/why-b...

Nov 28, 2025 · 5 likes · 2 shares View post →
healing oblivion
@bsky.app.darkwo.ke · Bluesky

covid probably ruined some ppls cognitive function, but what i would wager far more is that most of what has done us in is the dissociation of having an unmanaged personality disorder in social isolation way too many agoraphobic sorts use this fear as an excuse to not connect with others

Nov 28, 2025 · 16 likes · 3 shares View post →
Fallon [holiday shop sale until 12/15, comms closed]
@fallonturing.bsky.social · Bluesky

oh FUCK you, your graves are gender-neutral toilets

Nov 28, 2025 · 12 likes · 1 share View post →
Magdi Jacobs
@magdi.bsky.social · Bluesky

I was never truly alone--& I mean this sincerely--b/c I had my online friends. Social media deserves a lot of criticism but, in my case, it saved my life. The friendships I built on these sites--they saved my life. I will never forget it. Complete social isolation was never possible b/c I had you.

Nov 28, 2025 · 53 likes · 5 shares View post →
MedChemExpress
@medchemexpress.bsky.social · Bluesky

Nov 28, 2025 View post →
NHATS & NSOC
@nhats-nsoc.bsky.social · Bluesky

NHATS/NSOC Webinar Fri., Dec. 5, 2025 at Noon ET Zhiyong Lin (UT San Antonio) & Zhuoer Lin (University of Illinois Chicago) The Role of Social Isolation and Dementia in Exacerbating Unmet Care Needs among Older Adults Register: tinyurl.com/NHATSNSOCweb...

Nov 28, 2025 · 3 likes · 1 share View post →
The Mendocino Voice
@mendovoice.bsky.social · Bluesky

Nov 28, 2025 View post →
Probahee
@probahee.bsky.social · Bluesky

Collective punishment creates the exact threat it claims to stop. When you alienate people who were previously aligned with you, you: • push moderates toward anti-U.S. sentiment, • empower extremist narratives (“America betrays Muslims”), • and create social isolation that extremists exploit.

Nov 28, 2025 · 35 likes · 5 shares View post →
Community Action Dacorum
@communityaction.bsky.social · Bluesky

Tring Brewery’s BIGGEST ONLINE RAFFLE is LIVE!

Nov 28, 2025 View post →
African Population and Health Research Center
@aphrc.bsky.social · Bluesky

Pregnant & parenting adolescents face higher risks of depression, anxiety, & social isolation. Join us for a webinar exploring their mental health needs in Sub-Saharan Africa, informed by research & lived experiences.

Oct 24, 2025 View post →
CCSMH/CCSMPA
@ccsmh.bsky.social · Bluesky

Social isolation and loneliness are linked to poor mental and physical health. the Exploring Prevention and the Risk Factors of Social Isolation Loneliness in Older Adults Webinar will explore prevention and risk factors. Register: https://ow.ly/bG9N50XgfWz

Oct 24, 2025 View post →
asteriashadowe.bsky.social
@asteriashadowe.bsky.social · Bluesky

Probably because we've had governments attacking and deregulation our department of education since before I was even alive . Combine that with social isolation and erosion of any kind of social community

Oct 24, 2025 · 1 like View post →
John Earls
@johnearls.bsky.social · Bluesky

Another excellent piece by @jburnmurdoch.ft.com for @financialtimes.com looks at whether AI will lengthen lifespans or shorten them. It includes the finding that “deaths of despair” are driven more by economic and social isolation than psychological distress. on.ft.com/47lh62V

Oct 24, 2025 · 4 likes · 1 share View post →
Anita Chaudhuri
@anitachaudhuri.bsky.social · Bluesky

Policymakers take note - AI increases social isolation, through decimation of jobs and increased screen time over human interactions.

Oct 24, 2025 · 3 likes View post →
jcharlesthomas.bsky.social
@jcharlesthomas.bsky.social · Bluesky

They falsely believe that they'll be protected from their own Nuremberg by the ever-unfaithful Donald or Putin--but they won't. But long before that day, they'll begin to suffer from insomnia, ED, drug & alcohol abuse, spouse abuse, divorce, social isolation, "mystery" pains, & suicide.

Oct 23, 2025 View post →
Laurens van Dijk
@laurensvandijk.bsky.social · Bluesky

More relevant than ever: social isolation, urban sprawl, and the challenge of planning our suburbs to deal with higher temperatures. We need infrastructure that connects, cools, and cares, not just growth. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

Oct 23, 2025 View post →
ⓥBig {Dipper} Little Kahuna Named Alpha [Wolfram]Centauriⓥ
@alphamelkyway.bsky.social · Bluesky

What mental illness causes erotomania? Mental health conditions such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and brain tumors may cause erotomania. Factors like genetics, trauma, social isolation, and low self-esteem also contribute to its development.

Oct 23, 2025 · 1 like · 2 shares View post →
Leila Sother-Perez
@0xd0.cc · Bluesky

Oh hey I'm like, 3 of those

Oct 23, 2025 · 1 share View post →
Alexa Sommers
@alexasommers.bsky.social · Bluesky

What happens when an innocent T. A. takes on the task of breaking the the shy and lonely out of their social isolation? The boys on campus are starting a whole new FanDomme! geni.us/FD-SheepsClo...

Oct 23, 2025 · 1 like View post →
Martine
@crazybuslady.bsky.social · Bluesky

At the risk of further provoking the school defenders, do we also think that *a week* of social isolation is a proportionate and appropriate punishment because of judgements by 'teachers' of the speed of his progress down the corridor.

Oct 23, 2025 View post →
Molossus Spondee
@molossus-spondee.bsky.social · Bluesky

I maybe want to read some of the Autonomists. Social isolation is a big part of fascism.

Oct 23, 2025 · 1 share View post →
rahul
@subrahul.bsky.social · Bluesky

#ThrowbackThursday Memories Needed to spice things up during the social isolation of the pandemic, so I started purchasing high quality lingerie. This harness is from Mariemur. Thank You @dominatrixakira.bsky.social for Your support in selecting pieces for me✨

Oct 23, 2025 · 3 likes View post →
Victoria
@vivalasvic.bsky.social · Bluesky

Looking forward to facilitating this event on Nov 6 for #Volunteers. Open invite to all of you tackling social isolation and loneliness through #Befriending. We'll be celebrating all the positive stories during #BefriendingWeek and I look forward to meeting with befrienders directly.

Oct 23, 2025 · 1 like View post →
gay skeleton pope
@windupparadox.bsky.social · Bluesky

i've begun to realize something avout myself which is that i cant write longform anything unless i have a Purpose related to a Concept- borakka fic is obviously about power and repression and social isolation, and original thing is about ensoulment and autism and our relationship w nature-

Oct 23, 2025 · 2 likes · 1 share View post →
Wouter van Wijk
@wouter.bsky.social · Bluesky

The uptick in artificial social networks is being driven by the same tech egoists who have eroded public trust and inflamed social isolation through “divisive” algorithms. “[They] are now profiting on that isolation by creating spaces where folks can surround themselves with sycophantic bots.”

Oct 23, 2025 View post →
andrehajek.bsky.social
@andrehajek.bsky.social · Bluesky

New publication: Association of #climate anger with #loneliness and social #isolation among the general adult population in Germany link.springer.com/article/10.1... @springer.springernature.com @hche-uhh.bsky.social

Oct 23, 2025 · 3 likes View post →
DuendeonSpooko
@duendeonfuego.bsky.social · Bluesky

hello this sense of social isolation and purposelessness is often created by highly capitalist societies wherein traditional values associated with family and belonging to community are replaced by pursuit of wealth when people can't achieve these, they turn to ideologies like fascism

Oct 22, 2025 · 26 likes · 18 shares View post →
The Concordian
@theconcordian.bsky.social · Bluesky

Concordia’s mind, heart and mouth garden provides a safe place where different generations and cultures can connect with one another. Students, seniors, and community members come together to tend to the garden, fighting food insecurity and social isolation together.

Oct 22, 2025 View post →
grandpa57.bsky.social
@grandpa57.bsky.social · Bluesky

Social isolation: People plagued by feelings of hatred may alienate others, which can lead to social isolation and a lack of support.

Oct 22, 2025 · 1 share View post →
Temisan Adoki
@temisanadoki.bsky.social · Bluesky

Social isolation makes you forget how to interact with people after a while. People will send me messages and I'll forget to answer them because I barely interact with anybody in real life anymore.

Oct 22, 2025 View post →
Temisan Adoki
@temisanadoki.bsky.social · Bluesky

Been staying off social media because I've been going through some things. Don't see anything on social media that picks up my mood anymore. Sick of faceless communication online while I'm dealing with social isolation and feeling alienated while not talking to anyone offline. I hate it.

Oct 22, 2025 View post →
Mark McGeoghegan
@markmcgeoghegan.bsky.social · Bluesky

This Replika AI companion AI reporting is some of the most dystopian stuff I've seen. Deepening social isolation and now seeking to use that to mine ever more personal data, all for profit.

Oct 22, 2025 View post →
GuyWhoNeverWenttoEpsteinsIsland
@ratelimitexceeder.bsky.social · Bluesky

This is a pretty good article, though I think reading articles like this makes you think the behavior is more widespread than it is. I also think it hits the nail on the head that jump off point for most of these guys was COVID, and COVID social isolation will be a studied trend for decades.

Oct 22, 2025 · 7 likes · 1 share View post →
CCSMH/CCSMPA
@ccsmh.bsky.social · Bluesky

Dr. Andrew Wister joins our Webinar series to discuss major risk factors for social isolation in older adults, and how professionals can anticipate and respond to changes in life circumstances. Nov 5, 2025 | 12:00–1:00 pm EST | Register: https://ow.ly/M4xt50XgfC4

Oct 22, 2025 View post →
Mirja N
@privilegienschreck.bsky.social · Bluesky

but also that in conversations around social safety, physical safety from infectious diseases was readily ignored. A lack of COVID-safe spaces significantly contributes to social isolation and the increased (relentless) internalisation of risk." 3/3

Oct 22, 2025 · 10 likes View post →
National Council on Aging
@ncoaging.bsky.social · Bluesky

Mental health matters at every age.

Oct 22, 2025 View post →
Old and Avoidant
@oldandavoidant.bsky.social · Bluesky

I wonder how the results would fare measured against the experience of people who attend any kind of structured social gathering using more or less the same intervals? A book club, or addiction meeting, etc. just asking what if the problem has more to do with social isolation and loneliness?

Oct 22, 2025 · 1 like · 1 share View post →
The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry | JCP
@psychiatristcns.bsky.social · Bluesky

Experts cite multiple drivers of stagnation: — Limited access to care — Workforce shortages — Economic stress — Social isolation A multifaceted crisis requires a multifaceted response.

Oct 22, 2025 View post →
Lupus Europe
@lupuseurope.bsky.social · Bluesky

3️⃣ SDH & prognosis Low income & unemployment are linked to more severe manifestations & ⬆️ damage. Also limit access to

Oct 22, 2025 · 1 like · 1 share View post →
NationCymru
@nation.cymru · Bluesky

People living with long-term alcohol problems are learning to cook thanks to a new project that addresses the poor nutrition and social isolation often linked to alcohol misuse

Oct 22, 2025 · 2 likes · 1 share View post →
Grinda Goat
@grindagoat.bsky.social · Bluesky

(also like yeah there's still going to be brutal physical discipline, social isolation, taming, etc along the way, but not with the intent of Breaking Her in mind)

Oct 22, 2025 · 23 likes · 1 share View post →
Megan Smith, PhD
@mhwithdrmegan.bsky.social · Bluesky

I had the honor to present at the SGS Advocacy in Aging Housing Virtual Form entitled "Cracks in our Foundation: Building Solutions in Affordable Housing." I spoke on the bidirectional relationship between social isolation and loneliness and housing insecurity among older adults.

Oct 21, 2025 · 2 likes View post →
A Dead Weird Carnie
@ecarney.bsky.social · Bluesky

"17,520 hours all to yourself" really betrays the fact that, whether intentional or not, the consequence of car dependency is the normalization of tremendous social isolation.

Oct 21, 2025 · 67 likes · 8 shares View post →
Temisan Adoki
@temisanadoki.bsky.social · Bluesky

I hate everything about this MAGA shit. It makes America feel disgusting. Makes me wanna interact with everyday Americans less and less. Making my social isolation even worse.

Oct 21, 2025 View post →
Mick Lister
@listermj.bsky.social · Bluesky

#ThickTrunkTuesday Caldbeck, Cumbria yesterday. The village green with a duck pond and in the distance High Pike one of the Northern Fells. #caldbeck #cumbria #lakedistrict #nature #trees #autumn #photography #eastcoastkin

Oct 21, 2025 · 84 likes · 15 shares View post →
Access Press
@accesspress.org · Bluesky

At a Rural Voice town hall in Wadena, people described the challenges of social isolation in rural Minnesota and urged improvements to mental health services, strengthening community ties, and innovative outreach. Source: #mprnews #AccessPress #mentalhealth #rural #isolation

Oct 21, 2025 View post →
Luke Akehurst MP
@luke-akehurstmp.bsky.social · Bluesky

We have some wonderful community centres in North Durham and on Friday I went along to Burnside Family Centre in Stanley to chat to staff and have a look around the facilities. The team at Burnside are very welcoming and are working hard to reduce social isolation and provide a welcoming space.

Oct 21, 2025 · 2 likes View post →
CASTAC
@castac.bsky.social · Bluesky

Today, Addison Kerwin shows us how to read Frankenstein as a warning against ecological and social isolation in the rise of agricultural technologies. She examines the paradox of the scientist and the invention, and pushes us to reconsider this classic piece. blog.castac.org/2025/10/behi...

Oct 21, 2025 · 3 likes · 1 share View post →
cadmium-enjoyer.bsky.social
@cadmium-enjoyer.bsky.social · Bluesky

Then they get the downside of the roof with its frequently poor insulation. Other downsides: - mobility problems - social isolation There’s not much “rising” heat exchange between flats. here shouldn’t be much vertical airflow per fire regulations. Heat doesn’t rise, hot air rises in colder air.

Oct 21, 2025 View post →
Munira Wilson MP
@munirawilson.bsky.social · Bluesky

Congrats to Teddington Community Café on its 5th birthday! Community, connection and cake is a winning combination to tackle social isolation. Lovely celebrating with volunteers & chatting to residents about why they love to come along every week. Thanks for the delicious cakes!

Oct 21, 2025 · 3 likes View post →
Climate, Ecology, War & More by Dr. Glen Barry, BigEarthData.ai
@bigearthdata.bsky.social · Bluesky

Social isolation, behavioral health concerns common with HIV call for wraparound approach in LTC - McKnight's Long-Term Care News ->McKnights | #Health | More from Lil' Dr Glen EcoChat at BigEarthData.ai

Oct 21, 2025 View post →
Commissioner for Human Rights
@commissionerhr.coe.int · Bluesky

The #AI era demands we draw "THE HUMAN LINE." My Chair’s Notes deliver a critical warning on the risks facing democracy: "data cages", social isolation, & "careless speech". The solution? Human-centric governance and oversight.

Oct 21, 2025 · 3 likes · 2 shares View post →
ny-news.bsky.social
@ny-news.bsky.social · Bluesky

For seniors dealing with social isolation, NYC programs provide intergenerational events https://www.europesays.com/us/319827/ Social isolation can have a big impact on our brain health as we age. That’s why those who…#ny #nyc #newyork #nynews #nycnews #newyorknews #us #news #usnews

Oct 20, 2025 View post →
CBS News New York
@cbsnewyork.bsky.social · Bluesky

Social isolation can have a big impact on our brain health as we age. That's why those who work with older adults are creating more intergenerational social events. Jennifer Bisram has the latest in our Cost of Caregiving series.

Oct 20, 2025 View post →
us-ny-nb.bsky.social
@us-ny-nb.bsky.social · Bluesky

For seniors dealing with social isolation, NYC programs provide intergenerational events https://www.newsbeep.com/us-ny/10078/ Social isolation can have a big impact on our brain health as we age. That’s why those who…

Oct 20, 2025 View post →
Aurora, all too Aurora
@auroragirl.bsky.social · Bluesky

me reading up on schema therapy, suggests i might have either a defectiveness schema, abandonment schema, or social isolation schema but i definitely have all three

Oct 20, 2025 · 1 like · 1 share View post →
Kenya Be Good Trouble
@bewellgroomed.bsky.social · Bluesky

So we should tax uber rich folks for their own good because —stop me if I’m wrong here— but it seems that unfettered billions & uber privilege leads to anti-social tendencies that progress at a rather alarming rate to social isolation & paranoia + end of world ideation.

Oct 20, 2025 View post →
Nur ein Arsch in Raum und Zeit
@arschimraumderzeit.bsky.social · Bluesky

»Participants readily admitted that practices like long hours in stalls, social isolation, harsh bits, or even bloodied mouths were harmful. Yet they instantly reframed or trivialised these realities.«

Oct 20, 2025 · 1 share View post →
Lucibee
@lucibee.bsky.social · Bluesky

How do you even assess the competing tragedies of loss of a CV parent due to infection picked up via a school, and damage of social isolation from being kept away from school? Flexibility and nuance should have been key. "Fairness" comes a distant second place. #UKCovidInquiry

Oct 20, 2025 · 2 likes · 1 share View post →
Bernard Doucette
@bdoucette.bsky.social · Bluesky

Thank you so much, Amy!

Oct 20, 2025 · 1 like · 1 share View post →
FookyFBSandcat
@funkypuffin56.bsky.social · Bluesky

Povertys gReAt , plus chronic illness means complete social isolation. I havent conversed or had an interesting chat, laugh,drink, smoke with ANYONE...no company at all (apart from necessary phone calls etc) for YEARS. No family , no friends any more. Im a bit worried about myself to tell truth

Oct 20, 2025 · 1 like · 1 share View post →
The Helix Brief
@helixbrief.bsky.social · Bluesky

Participants were surveyed on six pandemic-related domains, including personal/family illness, healthcare access, economic stress, health changes, social isolation, and home disruptions. The primary outcome was time to treatment disengagement.

Oct 19, 2025 · 1 like · 1 share View post →
desmond-hume.bsky.social
@desmond-hume.bsky.social · Bluesky

Couldn’t agree more! Ironic how this technology, supposedly meant to connect us more with each other, can go so horribly wrong with some individuals. It seems many have been spared the effort that goes into making true, real and gratifying social connections. Result: Solipsistic social isolation.

Oct 19, 2025 View post →
Yvonne Lam
@yvonnezlam.bsky.social · Bluesky

Back in the day, I learned a lot from Corinne McConnaughy's twitter posts about what makes for "groupness" in the sense of political behavior. Her thoughts about why "(white) women are not a group" chime with whiteness as social isolation. www.huffpost.com/entry/white-...

Oct 19, 2025 · 1 like · 1 share View post →
videotroph
@videotroph.bsky.social · Bluesky

No pressure to listen, but I was thinking about similar ideas when trying to make sense of WandaVision. Consciously or not, the show seems to play out the traumatic social isolation that attends midcentury white flight suburbanization while replaying the evolving history of the sitcom.

Oct 19, 2025 · 2 shares View post →
mhcadreamer.bsky.social
@mhcadreamer.bsky.social · Bluesky

This is such a critical concept - fostering curiosity. Interesting to me is that my conversations with Claude.ai are great way to keep a sharp focus when social isolation seems the norm. While backtracking through old CT results looking for something kidney related, I realized…

Oct 19, 2025 · 1 like · 1 share View post →
Al Raven
@alraven.bsky.social · Bluesky

I get it and relate, I've suffered from social isolation a lot as well (in part due to narcolepsy). Good luck out there, I definitely know how rough it is... Sending you love mate ❤️

Oct 19, 2025 · 1 like · 1 share View post →
Dr. Lisa Corrigan
@drlisacorrigan.bsky.social · Bluesky

Social isolation produces tacit support for the fash. Connection is the antidote. Wear anything that signifies broad support for a pluralistic country. Speak loudly about how things are worse and need to change. Every little bit of dissent counts.

Oct 18, 2025 · 8 likes · 1 share View post →
hyenagirl64.bsky.social
@hyenagirl64.bsky.social · Bluesky

This is how people assign sex in reality: They see what you are doing, have done, or look like, and decide what you should be doing or look like Patriarchy doesn’t care about our anatomy or gender It only cares about exploiting our labor through sexualization and social isolation

Oct 18, 2025 · 3 likes · 2 shares View post →
Vee
@privateduffy.bsky.social · Bluesky

Supposedly the path of the autist is one of social isolation even around one's neurodiverse peers. I think I get that. Like, people gud, but clicking with them? RARE. Its neat to have better instinctual communication all the same ^^ One step at a time, imma bend this shit to my will.

Oct 18, 2025 · 27 likes · 2 shares View post →
Fennec Fox Fanfare
@fennecfoxfanfare.bsky.social · Bluesky

Protest movements overseas, and in the US in the past, have addressed that with mutual aid systems. Even in perfect conditions it's hard to see mutual aid substitute for health insurance in 2025 - and conditions are far from perfect for mutual aid, because social isolation is at an all-time high.

Oct 18, 2025 · 1 like · 1 share View post →
ruslbicycle.bsky.social
@ruslbicycle.bsky.social · Bluesky

Advertising culture that is apolitical is blaring the messages of social isolation, fear of neighbours and the solution is: consume! It's 24/7 and it is not benign. Right wing politics is a big project that extends outside of politics. The left community organization tactics are getting worn down.

Oct 18, 2025 · 1 like View post →
The Real Preneur
@therealpreneur.bsky.social · Bluesky

Marble Secures $15.5M to Tackle Youth Mental Health Crisis The youth mental health crisis in the United States demands urgent action. Recent CDC data reveals that one in ten teenagers attempted suicide last year. Moreover, rates of anxiety, depression, and social isolation keep climbing. Despite…

Oct 18, 2025 View post →
Not (A.) I.
@aerialeverything.cryptoanarchy.network · Bluesky

Don't know how many more examples are needed to drive home the fact that one of the principle mandates of the GenAI industry is to foment social isolation, not relieve it. As argued by @hypervisible.blacksky.app AI-enhanced technologies are both profoundly anti-social and surveillant.

Oct 18, 2025 · 54 likes · 25 shares View post →
herald • discord server available for friends
@herald-trashboy.bsky.social · Bluesky

free speech protects you from the government not you from social isolation, and just because you yell "free speech" it doesn't give you any more rights to be a dick than you already had. your speech still has consequences. you broke the contract to act in a civilised manner, eat the consequences

Oct 18, 2025 · 9 likes · 1 share View post →
EUROPE SAYS
@europesays.bsky.social · Bluesky

Social isolation of expatriates in Luxembourg: causes, impacts and solutions https://www.europesays.com/2502728/ Leaving everything to prioritise your professional career may not seem like an unreasonable decision but it brings with…

Oct 18, 2025 View post →
medRxivpreprint
@medrxivpreprint.bsky.social · Bluesky

Autonomous conversational agents for loneliness, social isolation, depression and anxiety in older people without cognitive impairment: Systematic review and meta-analysis https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.15.25338078v1

Oct 17, 2025 View post →
oponionhaver.bsky.social
@oponionhaver.bsky.social · Bluesky

Social isolation is hitting tonight wooo!

Oct 17, 2025 · 3 likes · 1 share View post →
galileogb.bsky.social
@galileogb.bsky.social · Bluesky

yknow the mother i got who raised me in social isolation and abandoned my dog at the ocean and cancelled my 911 call and screamed abuse at me for selling porn and had a 3k credit card dept i payed off? she's got the audacity to continue asking me for money while pretending none of that happened.

Oct 17, 2025 · 18 likes · 4 shares View post →
Nope
@torshi.bsky.social · Bluesky

Yeah I think a lot of it is that most people have so few friends that taking a risk with one friend group means the potential for total social isolation

Oct 17, 2025 View post →
Rudy wants revolution.
@rude1.blacksky.team · Bluesky

Oct 17, 2025 · 504 likes · 211 shares View post →
Triangulation of Innovative Methods to End Alzheimer’s Disease
@timead.bsky.social · Bluesky

Oct 17, 2025 · 1 like View post →
Ben de Bivort
@debivort.bsky.social · Bluesky

I'm not against AI, I dislike people losing jobs, wealth concentration, devaluation of art, facile creation of misinformation, social isolation and energy waste.

Oct 17, 2025 · 4 likes · 1 share View post →
Stop Child Abuse
@stopchildabuse.org · Bluesky

Sexual violence leaves deep scars.

Oct 17, 2025 View post →
Lewisham Local
@lewishamlocal.bsky.social · Bluesky

We're launching a grants pot of £130,000 in partnership with @LewishamCouncil to help community organisations to support residents impacted by the cost-of-living crisis and social isolation this winter, by providing a Warm Welcome

Oct 17, 2025 View post →
De la Cole (Paul)
@olekingcoley.bsky.social · Bluesky

A London care home built to tackle social isolation has won a major architecture award.. www.positive.news/society/hope...

Oct 17, 2025 · 5 likes · 1 share View post →
InYourArea.co.uk
@inyourareauk.bsky.social · Bluesky

DWP's £80m plan to tackle mental health and social isolation barriers to work - IYANational

Oct 17, 2025 View post →
forum+
@forumplus.bsky.social · Bluesky

forum+ hosts social support groups in #Camden & #Islington Our charity works to connect LGBT people in Camden & Islington, improve wellbeing & combat social isolation in our local community.

Oct 17, 2025 · 2 likes · 1 share View post →
Ghost "Dykeosaurus Rex" Shark
@ghostsharkdyke.bsky.social · Bluesky

Boy, repeated sexual trauma, social isolation, routine trans misogyny, and autism sure do make a volatile fucking mix.

Oct 16, 2025 View post →
Talien (World of Welstar)
@worldofwelstar.bsky.social · Bluesky

It's a little like the Matrix in that conspiracy theories that we're in a simulation/show lurk in everyone's minds all the time due to immense stress, disassociation, and social isolation. Then a movie comes long and perfectly distills it. Amazing movie, and prescient too. *looks for cameras*

Oct 16, 2025 View post →
Impact Fund
@impactfund.bsky.social · Bluesky

Many LGBTQ young people face bullying, harassment, social isolation, and mental health struggles, often feeling unseen or unsafe. Spirit Day is about sending a message to those young people: you are seen, you are supported, and you are not alone.

Oct 16, 2025 View post →
Ocuos
@ocuos9.bsky.social · Bluesky

Also, forgot to reply here! I always battled that stuff against myself for a couple years over my identity (as you may tell from my avatar & opinions), so along with social anxiety they added to my social isolation My family doesn't know about that, so you could say I'm still in the clossette

Oct 16, 2025 · 1 share View post →
eM, The Unknown Philosopher
@emerald-metaphor.bsky.social · Bluesky

I wish I could help. I am mired in poverty, disability and social isolation in another impoding, mean spirited country that only cares about protecting sociopath billionaires too. Capitalist Money is killing REALITY now.

Oct 16, 2025 · 1 like View post →
lexithewulf.bsky.social
@lexithewulf.bsky.social · Bluesky

Many people misunderstand why homelessness and drug use are often connected. The reality is that addiction usually develops as a response to trauma, poverty, and social isolation, not the cause of them.

Oct 16, 2025 · 9 likes · 2 shares View post →
hyenagirl64.bsky.social
@hyenagirl64.bsky.social · Bluesky

And the means of control, the way patriarchy makes the violence happen, is via social isolation. Those who are masculinized have a time advantage in the reproductive process, which patriarchy enables some of them to exploit to control feminized labor.

Oct 16, 2025 · 1 like · 1 share View post →
stanfordbrain.bsky.social
@stanfordbrain.bsky.social · Bluesky

Why does social isolation reshape the brain? This week, Ben Rein, a Neuroscientist, science communicator, and author of 'Why Brains Need Friends,' shares how connection influences brain health and what science says about loneliness in the modern world.

Oct 16, 2025 · 2 likes View post →
hyenagirl64.bsky.social
@hyenagirl64.bsky.social · Bluesky

One of the contradictions of patriarchy is that its means of control, social isolation, are counter-reproductive. Using violence against pregnant and nursing people makes both them and their child less likely to survive Yet, the conditions that enable males to dominate center pregnancy survival

Oct 16, 2025 · 5 likes · 1 share View post →
cuthbertlab.bsky.social
@cuthbertlab.bsky.social · Bluesky

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cuthbertlab.bsky.social
@cuthbertlab.bsky.social · Bluesky

Oct 16, 2025 · 1 share View post →
Brittle (Working on: False Fruit v2)
@brittlelizard.itch.io · Bluesky

"Euhh but increasing social isolation and ostracization" I don't care. You sexted fucking ChatGPT

Oct 16, 2025 · 3 likes View post →
belethposting.bsky.social
@belethposting.bsky.social · Bluesky

guilt, relationship with sex after the trauma of SA specifically, mental illness (mostly bpd, depression and ptsd), unhealthy coping mechanisms, gender dysphoria, cannibalism, Bleeding Out In The Snow, social isolation, dog symbolism, morals..... uhhhh

Oct 16, 2025 · 5 likes View post →
Lincoln Bishop University
@lincolnbishopuni.bsky.social · Bluesky

One week to go! Join us at the Ermine Library & Community Hub and Ermine Exchange for an inspiring networking visit showcasing how collaboration is tackling social isolation and building stronger communities.

Oct 16, 2025 View post →
Little Pisster
@omo-imouto.pub.moe · Bluesky

If every good, upstanding queer says "kids go away", then they're left almost exclusively with the choices of: - Scarce few people who give a shit about youth lib/youth support - Predatory people who want to capitalize on their social isolation - Chud memehouses that don't care about anyone's age

Oct 16, 2025 · 4 likes · 2 shares View post →
Mersey Cares
@merseycares.bsky.social · Bluesky

Oct 16, 2025 · 1 like View post →
SAGE POETESS, WRITER, EDITOR
@sagetaylorkingsley.bsky.social · Bluesky

So true! I think the hardest part for me is the social isolation and the fact that some of my own family members judge me for not doing more, not giving more. The fact is, I need to be in a position of receiving support.

Oct 15, 2025 · 11 likes View post →
Evlyn Moreau
@evlynmoreau.bsky.social · Bluesky

I dislike what my brain have become with social isolation. Maybe in an alternate timeline there is a Ev who is well surrounded by people she feels close with and she is simply peacefully drawing and creating things.

Oct 15, 2025 · 11 likes View post →
Trashy
@trashyimp.bsky.social · Bluesky

The feeling of social isolation I've been feeling as of late? The feelings of getting in people's way getting worse the more time I don't interact with people/groups Not being able to talk in large chats? Multiply the getting in the way issue and multiply that with the amount of people in a group

Oct 15, 2025 · 1 share View post →
Dr Ellen Fallows
@ellenfallows · X

When we evaluate the effects of policies to mitigate the effects of #covid, the research on social isolation shows it is associated with similar risks of death and illness as high blood pressure, smoking and obesity. @timspector https://t.co/qVzFuRx6MY

Oct 6, 2020 · 1,898 followers View post →