It’s not the feelings of loneliness that are the problem. It’s the stories that we tell ourselves about that experience that ...

Feeling lonely this holiday season? This is called holiday loneliness. Here's what to do and what not to do about it.

The holiday season amplifies America's loneliness epidemic, but simple actions can combat isolation better than medication, psychiatrist explains.

Professor Sam Carr shares what he's learned about loneliness. (Photo illustration: Blake Cale for Yahoo News; photos: Sam Carr, Adobe Stock) “I've always been interested in the sort of darker sides of ...

As the loneliness epidemic intensifies during the holidays, slowing routines expose how busyness masks disconnection, and why ...

Q. I am feeling alone, particularly in this holiday season. Many of my friends have died. Some don’t drive while others are dealing with an illness or disability. My small family is on the East Coast.

Most of us know that feeling lonely isn’t good for anyone. For our aging parents, who have to endure repeated losses, loneliness can become an acute, daily feeling. Loss of abilities they once had, ...

These days, everyone seems to have an opinion about A.I. companions. Last year, I found myself joining the debate, publishing a paper—co-written with two fellow psychology professors and a philosopher ...

On the eve of her graduation from Yale in 2012, Marina Keegan wrote an essay that, within about a week, would be read by well over a million people from 98 nations. It was called "The Opposite of ...