I’m not lonely, but I do call myself an extroverted introvert. When my son was younger and more easily embarrassed by me, he said, “God, Dad! You’ll talk to anyone!" It’s true, and he now sees it as a ...

There was a stretch of time when the quiet in my apartment felt accusatory. Evenings arrived, and the silence seemed to ask ...

Especially our digital world, it's natural to feel lonely from time to time, but persistent loneliness and social isolation ...

The male loneliness epidemic is a recent concept that suggests males are far lonelier than before. While this is partly true, there isn't a sex-specific loneliness epidemic. Learn more.

New AARP research released today finds that 40% of U.S. adults age 45 and older are lonely, an increase from 35% in 2018 and 2010. The report also shows that men are more likely to be lonely than ...

A new study could explain why loneliness and symptoms of anxiety and depression could be linked to thoughts of suicide.

The loneliness paradox: here's why youngsters feel more isolated despite being constantly connected through social media, smartphones, and digital communication.

Most people experience periods of loneliness, isolation or solitude in their lives. But these are different things, and the proportion of people feeling lonely is stable over time. So why do we keep ...

The authors do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and have disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

In 2023, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy issued a national advisory declaring loneliness and social isolation a public health crisis.

A startup called Friending has launched a social platform built around a premise that sounds almost quaint in 2026: helping ...

From the early pages of "The Summer My Mother Had Green Eyes," we are swimming in the protagonist Aleksy's grief. The story begins at a point in his late teenage years when he "hated (his mother) ...