If we're going to love people, it's likely that we'll be in community with them. People who are in community tend to do religious practices together. We talk about things like being in communities where you can tell the whole truth. And by what? I don't mean that selfishly. Can you imagine? Find one person that you would really like them to like you.
Scholars, journalists, practitioners, and other thought leaders all agree — we’re facing a loneliness epidemic that’s as grave a threat to public health as obesity or substance abuse. Where do we go from here?
In this Forum from 2019 at the University of Minnesota, psychiatrist Curt Thompson discusses human flourishing and community. When it comes to mental health, he says, don’t go it alone.