id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-7785 Loneliness - Wikipedia .html text/html 10796 1307 64 Chronic loneliness on the other hand is widely considered harmful, with numerous reviews and meta-studies concluding it is a significant risk factor for poor mental and physical health outcomes. The capacity to feel it may have been evolutionarily selected for, a healthy aversive emotion that motivates individuals to strengthen social connections.[52] Transient loneliness is sometimes compared to short-term hunger, which is unpleasant but ultimately useful as it motivates us to eat.[8][5][53] Research from a large-scale study published in the journal Psychological Medicine, showed that "lonely millennials are more likely to have mental health problems, be out of work and feel pessimistic about their ability to succeed in life than their peers who feel connected to others, regardless of gender or wealth".[69][70] ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-7785.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-7785.txt