{"id":1201,"date":"2023-04-14T02:23:36","date_gmt":"2023-04-14T02:23:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wellbeings.nz\/?p=1201"},"modified":"2023-05-05T04:07:20","modified_gmt":"2023-05-05T04:07:20","slug":"why-loneliness-could-be-as-bad-for-your-health-as-chronic-illness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wellbeings.nz\/why-loneliness-could-be-as-bad-for-your-health-as-chronic-illness\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Loneliness Could Be As Bad For Your Health As Chronic Illness"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Many of us have had times in the past few pandemic years when we\u2019ve been lonelier than ever and it can feel like our social lives have yet to bounce back to the way things were before. So how bad for us is loneliness? Dominic Bowden chats to Dr Jonathan Leary, founder of the new social wellness club, Remedy Place.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

We all know that humans are a social species. How good does it feel to laugh with someone, share an inside joke, and know you have someone to turn to when you need to talk about something?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBeing alone or isolated can be more detrimental than some chronic conditions. It actually starts breaking down the body. The more that we isolate, the more that we become depressed, and the more that we get anxious.\u201d says Dr Jonathan Leary, founder of social wellness Club, Remedy Place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He spoke in depth with Dominic Bowden on the seventh episode of the WellBeings podcast <\/a>about his journey from pre-med student working in hospitals to coming to the realization that perhaps the traditional medical route wasn\u2019t his calling, and how after becoming a medical doctor, he went on a path of discovery, looking into ways that people could prevent illness rather than wait until they\u2019re really sick before treating the symptoms. \u201cIt\u2019s the ambulance at the bottom of the hill way of thinking,\u201d says Dom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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