The loneliness epidemic and how it can affect you in the UAE
(WorldNews Health)

When Marc moved to Dubai from The Netherlands, he expected to find it difficult at first, but wasn´t prepared for just how far from home he would feel. `I was living in awful temporary accommodation, and felt jet-lagged for weeks,` he says. `I didn´t know anyone, and struggled with the heat. I started getting up at 5am to roam about by myself. It´s embarrassing to think about it now, but I found myself listening to the same song over and over again, and smoking far too many cigarettes. I took a lot of pictures of the city that I can barely look at now.` Loneliness - a feeling of being isolated or disconnected - is something that most people living abroad will experience at some point. But...