Data show that medicine is rife with practitioners who feel emotionally isolated every day, even when surrounded by ...

that she went home every night feeling empty and alone. Cynthia’s admission surprised me. Of all the people at church, she was the last one I imagined feeling lonely. But I was basing my judgment on ...

Are we doomed? Not so fast. “Men, Women, and Social Connections,” a new study from Pew, indicates maybe we just need to get ...

Americans may not actually feel more desolate than they did in the past.

Below, coauthors Natalie and Jaime share five key insights from their new book, Our New Social Life: Science-Backed ...

Past studies have identified a loneliness-rumination-depression nexus. Rumination is defined as repetitive and intrusive negative thoughts and feelings, and loneliness as a gap between desired and ...

In the third edition of Note to Self, Morgan Arlia discusses the misconception that being alone equals being lonely.

This December, Chard had an update for her online community. “Life will surprise you,” she wrote over a video of her painting ...

Kacie Trimble/Sun-Times Share The fear of being alone will make having no one to share big moments with seem like the worst possible scenario. It’s a crippling, dark feeling that manipulates us ...