Experts say older people were happier and healthier in the past because they did more exercise and spent more time with family and friends, whereas now many suffer loneliness and health problems. What are the causes of this and what are some solutions?

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Some say that
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who lived earlier before us were having a healthier lifestyle and had more quality time with their significant others, while
people
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nowadays are facing the feeling of being lonely and problems that are related to their health. There might be a lot of reasons why
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matter happened.
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, if we take a look back on 20 years back
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, the technology had not grown as much as today.
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led to more time to socialize and almost every event are held offline. Quite the opposite, nowadays we tend to use advanced technology on a daily basis that we prefer to have everything being held online. The covid19 pandemic
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gave a great influence on how we maintain our relationships with other
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, with the restriction of gatherings and in-site meetings, we must do all of the socialization through
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, the advancement of technology these days can actually make us live
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without literally going outside of our bedroom. The fact that we can manage to not see other human beings every day could cost us
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individualism. Individualists will see themselves as someone who doesn't need anybody in their
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, that they will survive without another person on their side.
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kind of denial will sometimes make us feel lonely as it is against our faith as
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, since everything can be done using computers and via online devices, we tend to be less active
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physical activities. We can just sit all day in our bedroom, be
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couch
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with our laptops in our lap and nothing will do harm in
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short term.
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, our health can be affected in
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long term since we are lacking in exercise. One of the solutions that we can do easily is by trying to participate more in
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. We should be the ones who are willing to open ourselves and be more attentive to human interactions. There are a lot of communities and support groups open for everyone. We can
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join
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if we experience specific issues in our personal
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support that we get from these interactions with other
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will promote our well-being.
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a famous saying, I quote "Happiness only real when it's shared."
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • Happiness
  • Health
  • Exercise
  • Spending time
  • Loneliness
  • Health problems
  • Causes
  • Solutions
  • Lifestyle
  • Priorities
  • Social interaction
  • Physical activity
  • Advancements in technology
  • Promote
  • Engaging
  • Opportunities
  • Awareness
  • Family
  • Community
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