How Isolation Affects Your Mental Health

NOTE FROM TED: Please do not look to this talk for medical advice. This talk only represents Have you ever felt lonely, even when surrounded by people? Loneliness can show up in many different forms and Everyone is lonely at times. But chronic loneliness can make you sick. Earlier this month, US surgeon general shone a light on Richard J. Smeyne discusses recent research that reveals how solitary confinement can cause physical damage to