Why You Are Lonely and How to Make Friends

We want to be part of your friendship journey, so we’ve created a few things you can share with new and old friends: Sources & further reading: Friends make life good. They provide the scaffolding that makes it not just bearable but fun. They give us a sense of meaning and purpose and are a source of security, self esteem and happiness. Almost nothing predicts how happy you will be as how connected you feel and a lack of social connection is associated with a number of diseases and a shorter life. But maybe you have scrolled through your phone, unsure who to call to go to a movie with, to celebrate with or ask for comfort. You may realize that you don’t have enough friends and feel lonely. And it is not just you. Disconnectedness and loneliness are widespread. Many people want more close friends but don’t know how to get them. OUR CHANNELS ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ German: Spanish: French: Portuguese: Arabic: Hindi: Japanese: Korean: HOW CAN YOU SUPPORT US? ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ This is how we make our living and it would be a pleasure if you support us! Get Prodcuts designed with ❤ Join the Patreon Bird Army 🐧 DISCUSSIONS & SOCIAL MEDIA ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ TikTok: Reddit: Instagram: Twitter: Facebook: Discord: Newsletter: OUR VOICE ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ The Kurzgesagt voice is from Steve Taylor: OUR MUSIC ♬♪ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ 700 minutes of Kurzgesagt Soundtracks by Epic Mountain: Spotify: Soundcloud: Bandcamp: Youtube: Facebook: The Soundtrack of this video: Soundcloud: Bandcamp: If you want to help us caption this video, please send subtitles to subtitle@ You can find info on what subtitle files work on YouTube here: Thank you! 🐦🐧🐤 PATREON BIRD ARMY 🐤🐧🐦 ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ Many Thanks to our wonderful Patreons (from ) who support us every month and made this video possible: Marius Kawahara-Lieben, Matt Smith, Brittany Grace, Autumn Weddell, SULTAN ALVI ALADIN, Arlent M. Gomez Rodriguez, Alec Kwei, Spencer Humbles, Maxime Dessus, Brittany Huskey, 승민 옥, Corbin Rowland, Danou Nauck, Marcos Pineda Burriel, David Fellner, david, Matthew Hart, Guillaume Danset, Fernando Fuentes Torres, Dan Wahl, Moycat, Anakha, Robert, Idan Efrati, Lynette Guck, ANTLANTEANS yt, Daniel Chiaramonte, RavenFireWarlock, timmy master daniel, Xaver Sichart, Tinerol, Sosarmar Jutawanich, ArtTwilightah, Christoph Broecker, sodeno, M&M, Jesse, Jonathan Zilka, madlycurbonato, Min Soo Kim, Markus Käppeli, Pedro, Cornelius Lawson, Adrián Burgos Berral, Nicolas Mignard, Mathias Müller, Ifad Ardin, Hunter Sidsworth