When I was Surgeon General, I spent a lot of time talking to people in living rooms and town halls all across… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
We can experience an erosion of self-esteem when we're lonely, as we come to believe that it's because we're not likable or… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
I trained in internal medicine, and I expected most of my time would be spent on diabetes or heart disease or cancer.… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
We know that chronic loneliness has consequences. It certainly depresses our mood. And in terms of our health, people who struggle with… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
Service is a powerful pathway of getting out of loneliness. It takes the focus off of you and puts it onto someone… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
While loneliness has the potential to kill, connection has even more potential to heal. — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
My journey to working on loneliness was certainly not an expected one or planned one. — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
Unlike many other illnesses, what I find profoundly empowering about addressing loneliness is that the ultimate solution to loneliness lies in each… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
There are several factors in modern society that contribute to loneliness. One is that we are more mobile than we have been… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
When it comes to our relationship with loneliness, specifically, it's important to understand how our relative introversion or extroversion informs our preference… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
Part of the reason people don't talk about their loneliness is that they feel they will be judged for it. — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
I have experienced loneliness at many, many points in my life and felt this profound sense of shame about it - all… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
Loneliness is different than isolation and solitude. Loneliness is a subjective feeling where the connections we need are greater than the connections… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
As prevalent as loneliness is, many people don't recognize that people that they know may very well be suffering from loneliness. It's… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
When I went through my confirmation hearing to serve as surgeon general they asked me what my priorities would be and I… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
In the short term if I feel loneliness, it's like any other biological signals. It's like hunger or thirst. It's alerting me… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
I think people often forget how powerful they are. Sometimes it just takes one voice to save a life. When we speak up we… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
We don't do enough to help older people recognize how much they matter. — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
When I was Surgeon General, I spent a lot of time talking to people in living rooms and town halls all across the country,… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
We can experience an erosion of self-esteem when we're lonely, as we come to believe that it's because we're not likable or because something… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
Climate change poses a serious, immediate and global threat to health. — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
I trained in internal medicine, and I expected most of my time would be spent on diabetes or heart disease or cancer. What I… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
I do not intend to use the Surgeon General's Office as a bully pulpit for gun control. — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
We know that chronic loneliness has consequences. It certainly depresses our mood. And in terms of our health, people who struggle with loneliness also… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
You can be surrounded by many people but still feel quite lonely if you don't have strong connections and if you feel you can't… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
When people tell you that you're less-than and that you don't matter and that you're inferior, you internalize some of that. — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
Service is a powerful pathway of getting out of loneliness. It takes the focus off of you and puts it onto someone else. — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
