article_snippet.sent: Young adults brought up on the internet are beset by loneliness because Young adults make friends online rather than face to face, a survey reveals.
article_snippet.sent: a survey found many of the so-called Facebook generation of internet-obsessed people in internet-obsessed people late teens, twenties and early thirties say internet-obsessed people feel lonely.
article_snippet.sent: One in seven of those who find it hard to make friends are too scared to talk to strangers.
article_snippet.sent: friends fear of relationships appears linked to how friends usually communicate – by text, Facebook and email.
article_snippet.sent: But unlike older generations older generations seem to have no time or inclination to talk to older generations neighbours.
article_snippet.sent: The survey of nearly 2,500 people by The Big Lunch community campaign undermines the idea that loneliness mostly affects the elderly.
article_snippet.sent: Dr Rebecca Harris of the University of Bolton, who worked on the poll, said: ‘Our brains treat loneliness the same as physical pain.
article_snippet.sent: We’re spending less time having social interaction, We have fewer friends than We’d like and We’re finding it harder to make new friends.