Saying they do not want to bother anyone is a deeply lonely person’s way of not actually having to admit how lonely they ...

When we step outside of ourselves and look for ways to share that light -- whether through a beloved pet, a service animal or ...

Loneliness is something most people experience at some point. It’s more than just being alone; it's a complex emotional state that can affect your mental health, relationships, and even your physical ...

In today's Asking Eric column, R. Eric Thomas shares advice from readers about how to make new connections and friends.

Sarah Arpin knows what it means to be lonely. I don't mean that she's experienced loneliness, though, like all of us, she has. I mean she's actually studying the essence of loneliness, how it can ...

Older adults who feel lonely — even if socially active — show faster memory decline when experiencing hearing loss. Researchers analyzed data from over 33,000 Europeans over nearly two decades, ...

People often assume loneliness means someone’s doing something wrong; that they’re awkward, antisocial, or bad at ...

Loneliness alert: A third of adults in the United States have no close personal relationships (Cigna, 2021), and the rates of loneliness are on the increase, with 49 percent of U.S. adults reporting ...

Leaders of billion-dollar behemoths including Airbnb’s Brian Chesky and Apple’s Tim Cook say the top job is isolating, and ...

During the pandemic, when there was little to do, we went on something of a movie binge, and came across a Spike Jonze movie called "Her." It's fantastic--as in imaginative and removed from reality.

The term “lonely parent” may seem like a contradiction in terms. Parents, by definition, are inextricably linked to at least one other human, after all—their child. And parents are constantly ...