Why do so many young men struggle with loneliness and isolation?

“You could have a young person who, on the surface, is really well-connected. They’re in college or school, on the football team, but when they come in to chat, it’s loneliness that’s coming across. And it’s because they’re not properly connected, not in a meaningful way.”
Actor Barry Keoghan made headlines recently when he confided about feeling deeply lonely.
The star told GQ magazine that during the premiere of his latest film, , in “one of the noisiest, busiest cities in the world” — New York — he felt alone.