How Severe Is Your Loneliness? Take This Quiz
About half of adults in the U.S. report experiencing loneliness, with higher rates reported among young adults — a concerning trend that started before the pandemic.1 In 2023, U.S.
Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy called loneliness an “epidemic” and recognized it as a public health crisis.Loneliness, according to the CDC, is “feeling like you do not have meaningful or close relationships or a sense of belonging.”2 In a recent ADDitude survey of 4,170 adults with ADHD, nearly two-third of respondents aged 18 to 29 reported feeling lonely “always or often.” Many readers cited executive dysfunction, rejection sensitive dysphoria (RSD), masking, and low self-esteem among several ADHD-related sources of loneliness.Answer the following questions to gauge your own feelings of loneliness.
Share your results with a licensed mental health professional. Find resources to combat loneliness at the end of this self-test.If you or someone you know is in crisis and needs help, dial or text 988 to connect to a trained counselor from the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.
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