For a long time, psychologists have described loneliness as the discomfort that comes from wanting more social connection ...

A new study of loneliness, based on a large sample of German adults, examined the links among loneliness, living alone, and living single. The research was based on data collected in 2013 from more ...

Compassion doesn’t wait for someone to be ready before it shows up. Loneliness already knows that. It just sits down anyway, ...

A BYU study led by psychologist Julianne Holt-Lunstad found that offering a single act of kindness each week reduced ...

Two single mothers from eastern Europe have set up an all-female group to help address loneliness and a lack of support ...

Loneliness is becoming an epidemic for people of all ages. To kick off 2025, Here & Now is looking at how people can forge connections in this era of loneliness. Part 1. Surgeon general on loneliness ...

I have always loved being alone. I was an only child until I was a teenager and understood how to entertain myself. I am an accountant, in which most of my work is done in solitude. I lived by myself ...

Media personality and entrepreneur Toke Makinwa has challenged the widespread notion that single individuals are inherently lonely and unhappy. In a post on the social media platform X, Makinwa ...

If you could take a pill to “cure” your loneliness, would you take it? The so-called “loneliness epidemic” has been widely reported and commented upon across the world in recent years, affecting young ...

The authors of the book Loneliness describe their concern that Western societies do not take the inherent gregariousness of humans seriously enough. They note that “the latest figures show that ...