It's normal for parents to feel sad when their kids leave home, but they may be hiding their loneliness. And if your mom has ...

Holidays can either make you feel extremely loved or extremely lonely, there’s often no in-between. Here are five reasons why that is.

The holiday season can exacerbate feelings of loneliness that are already on the rise in countries around the world.

One in six Americans feel lonely or isolated most of the time. This finding comes from a survey conducted in September 2024 by the Pew Research Center, which queried over 6,200 adults in English and ...

Rockalina has become a viral sensation since being rescued in early 2025. The Eastern box turtle was in failing health, ...

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Without even realizing it, your world sometimes gradually gets smaller: less walking, fewer days in the office, canceling on friends. Watching plans disintegrate on the chat as friends struggle to ...

True friendships can take years to develop—which isn’t exactly comforting to the 1 in 3 U.S. adults who say they are lonely right now. But you don’t need to wait for a new BFF to feel better. Small ...

Feeling lonely is a painful yet normal part of being human. At the peak of loneliness, a person might feel like they have no one to rely on or reach out to, and the accompanying sense of isolation can ...

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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 ...