Thinking about being alone triggers depression

There’s being alone—and then there’s always thinking about being alone, and it’s the latter that can cause depression.

Lonely people who didn’t have constant negative thoughts about being alone were far less likely to develop depression than those who did, say researchers from the University of Hong Kong.

They studied the effects of Covid lockdown on 900 people in Hong Kong and China who lived alone and who followed the strict lockdown guidelines. Using psychological measures, they were able to identify those who ruminated about their loneliness, and they were much more likely to suffer from depression than those who didn’t focus on their loneliness.

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