Why Building Connections Could Save Your Life

Adam Bowcutt
7 min readFeb 17, 2021

Without relationships, you could die of loneliness — literally.

A study concluded, ‘Actual and perceived social isolation are both associated with increased risk for early mortality.’

‘Loneliness — both its objective state and feelings of loneliness — is also the psychological state most associated with suicide, to the point where it’s safe to say that while not all lonely people are suicidal, all suicidal people are lonely’ [1]

Adam Bowcutt

Mental Health Author | I am Adam Bowcutt and I am rewriting mental wealth