The mystery that is loneliness: what is it and how do we cope?

Loneliness is prevalent through lockdowns. As social intimacy is reduced, the population is kept away from their hobbies, friends and loved ones, those feelings of solitude and creep into even the most impervious minds.

Our understanding of loneliness, what it is, what it causes and what causes it is still being studied. Donnchadh, a neurology psychologist believes it is personal to every individual what loneliness is to them.

However, there are still some key things we should understand about the state of being, some explanations as to how lockdown is not only causing loneliness but is pushing the population to think about modern solutions of their age-old problem.

He also talks about the differences in effects that loneliness has in short burst like lockdowns and in long terms, what different demographics do to cope and how Twitch could help.