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    Junge Erwachsene erleben ein hohes Maß an Einsamkeit, obwohl sie über große Freundesnetzwerke verfügen

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    1. Jumpinghoops46 on

      >A study analyzing data from two polls of U.S. residents found that social ill-being is highest in younger adults and lowest in older adults. Conversely, social well-being was higher in younger and older adults, and lower in middle-aged adults. The research was published in [PLOS One](https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0334787).

      >Social well-being refers to the quality of a person’s relationships, sense of belonging, social support, and ability to function effectively within a community. It includes feeling accepted, valued, and connected to others, as well as having opportunities for meaningful social participation. Social well-being is supported by trust, reciprocity, social cohesion, and access to supportive networks. It also involves perceived fairness, inclusion, and the belief that society provides opportunities to meet basic needs.

      >Social ill-being, in contrast, refers to conditions and experiences that undermine healthy social functioning and connectedness. It includes social isolation, loneliness, discrimination, marginalization, and chronic conflict. Social ill-being often arises from structural factors such as poverty, inequality, exclusionary institutions, or breakdowns in community trust. At the individual level, it may manifest as alienation, lack of support, or persistent interpersonal stress. Social ill-being can negatively affect mental and physical health, reducing resilience and increasing vulnerability to stress and illness.

    3. Yoroyo on

      I wouldn’t be surprised if a lot of the social breakdown is related to the closing of third places. It’s not always about individual friendships but being surrounded by a community in a place of shared experiences. These cost a lot of money now, like concerts, and if you gather in a place without spending money you’re considered loitering.

    4. itsjfin on

      Maybe because they are all single and sexless.

      Friends aren’t made to replace a good home life.

    6. Kioskwar on

      My feelings of loneliness greatly decreased once I got rid of all my „friends.“ It turns out having low-quality friends is much worse than having no friends at all.

    7. tiffanytoad on

      I love my friends but I do feel like I’m missing someone to talk to sometimes because I don’t want to be a burden. I think this has a lot to do with the repeated notion of ‘trauma dumping’ and going to therapy instead. Everything is a transaction these days.

    8. DogsBeerYarn on

      I wonder how much of this is caused by an expectation mismatch. We have decades of popular shows depicting a close friend group of adults as constantly hanging out and doing things and being intimate parts of one another’s day. Sitting in a coffee shop at 11am on a Tuesday. Eating takeout at someone’s apartment every night of the week. Living together, working together. Nobody moves away only bring new people in. Even parents just sort of magically have time to hang out still, because commuting across a city is teleportation.

      And then you get hit with reality. And nobody does any of that. We have jobs. People move. People change. Who the hell wants even your friends in your house all the time or has money for takeout every night? So people feel like they’re not doing friendship right. Their friendships and their socializing doesn’t look like they thought it would or should. That’s bound to cause some greater loneliness and disappoint.

    9. TheTeflonDude on

      Here i am in my long term solitude and don’t experience a moment of loneliness

      Weird

    10. DrunkenDognuts on

      Those so-called “friends” for the most part aren’t really friends. What they are is online acquaintances that they talk to. Big difference between having lots of followers and or “moots” and real friends. It’s hollow and insubstantial.

    11. door_to_nothingness on

      How many people in the friend network are actual friends they can trust, rely on for tough situations, and can be fully themselves? How often do they get together with people in their friend groups?

      Young people today have a lot of superficial social connections and spend most of their “social” time being physically alone while interacting online. Neither of these fulfill our social needs.

    12. politisaurus_rex on

      Young people today don’t spend nearly as much time face to face with their friends. Having friends to talk to online just isn’t the same

    13. this_knee on

      “There’s nothing more lonely than being in a relationship that doesn’t support you.”

    14. Kahnza on

      And then theres my middle-aged ass sitting here with low loneliness, and zero friends network.

    15. truthfulie on

      the always „connected“ part of our lives these day as a whole got to have some effect. nothing like face to face or even a thirty minute phone call leaves me feeling more connected to my friends than an hour long text chain with them but we all prefer to text and dread picking up the phone…

      also so called larger network of „friends“ online aren’t really your friends to begin with. most them are acquaintances at best.

    17. NFProcyon on

      It’s often not a lack of friends that causes that feeling of loneliness, It’s that the friends you have are on totally different wavelengths than you. 

      You can’t relate to them deeply, and they don’t relate to you deeply. Or, they might if conditions were right, but there are inhibitions or other social obstacles blocking the deeper connections, conversations, and shared experiences that make you feel like you’re seen and understood. 

      Being lost in a sea of that can feel intensely isolating, even if you have a good sized group.

    18. username210801 on

      There’s a culture now of not wanting to inconvenience yourself, protecting your „peace“, being flaky, ghosting etc. I have a decently sized friend network right now but a lot of the connections feel superficial and based on convenience. The way I’ve heard my friends talk about their other friends supports this, people are putting bare minimum effort into their friendships and avoiding emotional closeness. I know my friends like me as a person and enjoy spending time with me but I often feel that I prioritize them and value the bond more than they do, which is what makes me feel a bit lonely sometimes.

    19. Bill-Bruce on

      In my experience, it has a hell of a lot to do with listening, and how no one is a perfect listener. Everyone has misconceptions. Everyone has contending information. Everyone has a fragile ego. These and many other things prevent anyone from truly being heard and understood by anyone else. Comparatively, someone can be a better listener than another, but no one is good enough of a listener for anyone to truly feel understood. Language is always off the mark of reality, because reality isn’t as simple as language’s simplifying factor makes it out to be. We are all alone, and the only true togetherness is working towards a common goal or commiseration; neither of which actually satisfies an individual’s need for connection past the point of the project completion or co-misery discussion.

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