Being isolated and lonely does seem to lead to many mental health issues in many people.

I’m not sure if we collectively reject copy-paste from GPTs yet, but I thought this was worth sharing and it even got the references correct (wasn’t always true)

https://chatgpt.com/share/6886de11-f21c-800c-82b3-b62afc4f03...

TLDR: Bulgaria’s sharp rise in one-person households is driven primarily by rapid population aging, with many elderly (especially widowed women) living alone. Massive emigration of young people since the 1990s has fragmented families, leaving older generations behind in rural homes. High home ownership rates and urban migration have enabled more people—young and old—to live independently. These trends reflect broader shifts toward individualism, delayed marriage, and declining birth rates, especially in urban areas.