Loneliness Is a Health Problem: What a 2025 WHO Report Says
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Loneliness Is a Health Problem
What a 2025 WHO report says
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Good evening, everyone. When I moved to a new country for work, I went weeks without a real conversation. I thought loneliness was just a feeling. Then I read a report from the World Health Organization, and I realized it's also a health issue.
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01Loneliness Is a Health Problem
Good evening, everyone. When I moved to a new country for work, I went weeks without a real conversation. I thought loneliness was just a feeling. Then I read a report from the World Health Organization, and I realized it's also a health issue.
皆さん、こんばんは。仕事で新しい国に引っ越したとき、私は何週間も、ちゃんとした会話をせずに過ごしました。孤独はただの気持ちだと思っていました。でも、世界保健機関(WHO)の報告書を読んで、それは健康の問題でもあると気づきました。
02The Report
In June 2025, the WHO Commission on Social Connection published a global report called "From loneliness to social connection." It brought together research from around the world.
2025年6月、WHOの社会的つながりに関する委員会は、「孤独から社会的つながりへ」という世界的な報告書を発表しました。世界中の研究をまとめたものです。
Source: World Health Organization, Commission on Social Connection, "From loneliness to social connection" (June 2025)
03How Common Is It?
The first finding is how common loneliness is. According to the report, about one in six people around the world is affected by loneliness.
一つ目の結果は、孤独がどれほどありふれたものかということです。報告書によると、世界の約6人に1人が孤独に悩まされています。
Source: World Health Organization, news release "Social connection linked to improved health and reduced risk of early death" (June 30, 2025)
04The Health Impact
The second finding is more serious. The WHO estimates that loneliness is linked to about one hundred deaths every hour, which is more than eight hundred seventy-one thousand deaths each year.
二つ目の結果は、もっと深刻です。WHOの推計では、孤独は1時間あたり約100人の死に関係していて、これは年間87万1千人以上にもなります。
Source: World Health Organization, news release "Social connection linked to improved health and reduced risk of early death" (June 30, 2025)
05Body and Mind
Why such a big impact? The report connects social isolation and loneliness with physical problems, like heart disease and type 2 diabetes, and mental health problems, like depression and anxiety.
なぜ、これほど大きな影響があるのでしょうか?報告書は、社会的な孤立や孤独を、心臓病や2型糖尿病のような体の問題や、うつや不安のような心の健康の問題と結びつけています。
Source: World Health Organization, news release "Social connection linked to improved health and reduced risk of early death" (June 30, 2025)
06Lonely Is Not the Same as Alone
It's important to be careful with words here. Being alone is not the same as being lonely. Some people enjoy time alone, while others feel lonely even with many people around them. Loneliness is about the connections we want but don't have.
ここでは、言葉に気をつけることが大切です。一人でいることと、孤独であることは同じではありません。一人の時間を楽しむ人もいれば、たくさんの人に囲まれていても孤独を感じる人もいます。孤独とは、ほしいのに持てていないつながりのことなのです。
07Small Steps That Helped Me
What helped me were small, regular steps. I sent one message a day to a friend or family member, joined a weekly language class, and started saying yes to invitations, even when I felt shy.
私の助けになったのは、小さな一歩を続けることでした。毎日一人、友達か家族にメッセージを送り、毎週の語学教室に参加し、恥ずかしくてもお誘いには「はい」と言うようにしました。
08Conclusion
To conclude, loneliness is common, and it affects our health, but connection can be rebuilt one small step at a time. Tonight, think of one person you haven't talked to in a while, and send them a message. Thank you.
まとめると、孤独はありふれたもので、私たちの健康に影響しますが、つながりは小さな一歩ずつ取り戻せます。今夜、しばらく話していない人を一人思い浮かべて、メッセージを送ってみてください。ありがとうございました。
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