Loneliness 6 minutes

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Seven days without any contact can leave you feeling hopeless and alone. | Quelle: Sarah Dodds
10. Juli 2025

We grew up with social media, and connecting with people has never been easier.  But at the same time our society is lonelier than ever. How can we feel so disconnected in a world that should be more connected than ever before? 

We live in a hyperconnected world and  can reach millions of people in a matter of seconds. But at the same time loneliness  especially among young people, is on the rise. I want to know what it really feels like to be alone and what impact social media has on loneliness.

No social media, no calls, no contact. What happens when we are utterly alone?

To find that out I put myself in a self-experiment where I isolated myself for seven days. The goal: Explore what loneliness actually looks and feels like from the inside and how the absence and then reintroduction of digital connection affects the mind and body.

 

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