Dieometer archetype
The Ghost
Alone is a risk factor.
Isolation carries mortality risk in the same league as smoking, and almost nobody is told this. Your file says the cheapest years available to you are social, not medical.
How you get it
You are between a year and a half and nine years below your baseline, and isolation is the single factor costing you the most years. Your baseline is the life expectancy for someone of your age and sex in your country, before any of your answers are applied.
The numbers behind it: Does loneliness shorten your life? →
What does yours say?
Fifteen archetypes. No signup, and your answers never leave your browser.
The other fourteen
- The CockroachStatistically difficult to kill.
- The OptimiserYou have read the studies. It shows.
- The Quiet WinnerNo hacks. Just fewer mistakes.
- The Statistical AveragePerfectly, hauntingly normal.
- The ProcrastinatorNothing is wrong yet.
- The CandleBoth ends. For years.
- The InsomniacSleep is not optional.
- The SedentaryThe chair is winning.
- The Beige DietEverything you eat is the same colour.
- The Slow PourIt adds up faster than you think.
- The ChimneyYou already know.
- The Gravity WellCarrying more than your share.
- The Warranty ClaimThe body has filed a complaint.
- The SpeedrunnerYou are completing this in record time.