Episode Details

As human beings, we have a deep need for friendship and human connection. But in a world where time is money, and socializing becomes just another expense to cut back on, an epidemic of loneliness threatens to swallow us all from the inside.

Is there a way to fight back? To combat loneliness? To crush and destroy it forever? Wrong Boys investigate.

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-Olivia Remes TED Talk on Overcoming Loneliness :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZT-bB66iIk
-Johan Hari on Depression: https://www.ted.com/talks/johann_hari_this_could_be_why_you_re_depressed_or_anxious/footnotes?trk=organization-update-content_share-video-embed_share-article_title
-John Cacioppo on The lethality of loneliness: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0hxl03JoA0
-Decolonizing Mental Health: https://calgaryjournal.ca/more/calgaryvoices/4982-decolonizing-mental-health-the-importance-of-an-oppression-focused-mental-health-system.html
-healthygamer stream interviews etc- good info on dealing with life stuff: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClHVl2N3jPEbkNJVx-ItQIQ/videos
-The impacts of loneliness: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3874845/
-If you have trouble knowing what you feel, read about Alexithymia: https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/mind-guest-blog/the-emotio