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19 votes
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Here are thirteen other explanations for the adolescent mental health crisis. None of them work.
17 votes -
Loneliness can kill, and new research shows middle-aged Americans are particularly vulnerable
31 votes -
A new service is trying to fight California's loneliness epidemic
19 votes -
Muji has a prescription for the loneliness epidemic in Japan
10 votes -
The loneliness of Jodie Foster
30 votes -
Ezra Klein Show: "What relationships would you want if you believed they were possible?"
21 votes -
Third places, Stanley cup mania, and the epidemic of loneliness
11 votes -
Loneliness results from an isolating society, not individual failures to pursue connection
45 votes -
Barcelona car free super blocks have social benefits - help reduce loneliness
23 votes -
China tried to keep kids off social media. Now the elderly are hooked.
27 votes -
Residents of Luleå, Sweden welcome new campaign encouraging them to say hello to each other during dark winter months
12 votes -
Loved, yet lonely - You might have the unconditional love of family and friends and yet feel deep loneliness. Can philosophy explain why?
24 votes -
A vast northern European project is underway to combat isolation by promoting inclusion – we take a look at the results in Norway
9 votes -
A supermarket chain in the Netherlands is helping to combat loneliness with so-called “slow” checkouts where chatting is encouraged
27 votes -
In Threads’ dwindling engagement, social media’s flawed hypothesis is laid bare
17 votes -
More US baby boomers are living alone. One reason why: ‘gray divorce’.
27 votes -
The profound loneliness of being collapse aware
70 votes -
Like many men, I had few close friends. So I began a friendship quest.
72 votes -
Professor of medicine claims that curing America’s loneliness epidemic would make us healthier, fitter and less likely to abuse drugs
16 votes -
Lonely people see the world differently, according to their brains
30 votes -
How to move on after a relationship?
Two years ago by wife and I split up as friends and while I understand it and think it was the right move, I'm still in tears and the feeling of a broken and pointless life. She moved on, found...
Two years ago by wife and I split up as friends and while I understand it and think it was the right move, I'm still in tears and the feeling of a broken and pointless life. She moved on, found friends, new hobbies, new whatever. I still am where she left me and I don't know what to do. We've been together for almost 20 years and while I wasn't very communicative before, I sure ain't now. Even less than before.
I tried finding new friends, but I can't really read people and seem to misinterpret everything. I've met a woman on my daily walks with my dogs and her dog loves me and my little idiot dog. We two seemed to like eachother and after a few months of random meetups I asked her if I should give her my email (because I thought that would be less intrusive than my phone) to meet for walks. I made clear that I didn't intend to hit on her, but the look on her face broke my heart. I can't really tell what it was, but it wasn't positive. Now I'm back in my hole and back at feeling alone.
How do people move on? How can I get out of this... I don't know, terrible loneliness combined with the fear of seeing that expression again if I open up to others? I don't think I can handle this often.
27 votes -
Why you are lonely and how to make friends
5 votes -
The cost of engaging with the miserable: Were we always this lonely and embittered?
6 votes -
How to not feel lonely?
Hi, I joined Tildes a long time back but haven't been the most active member. I was recently diagnosed with OCPD by a psychiatrist and I feel I may be codependant as well. Off late I have been...
Hi,
I joined Tildes a long time back but haven't been the most active member. I was recently diagnosed with OCPD by a psychiatrist and I feel I may be codependant as well. Off late I have been feeling terrible but don't a lot of people I can talk to -- my SO suffers of OCD and is going through a particularly tough period in her life, she has explicitly said she can't be there for me; I don't quite share a relationship with my friends when I can just call them up in the middle of the night when I'm feeling terrlb;e. I'm feeling exremely lonely; what can I do to not feel this way?
I would normally describe myslef as emotionally stable, stoic even. However, this recent diagnoses has been quite upsetting; the best way I can describe what I'm feeling is an erosion of my sense of self. I realise all of what I'm feeling my head, and I fear that I may be just imagining most of problems. I'm at a state where I don't quite know what to do anymore, what I need is someone to tell me what do at any given point of time. I can't pursue therapy at the moment due to a variety of constraints but I am reading books which have come heavily recommended from others suffering similarly.
19 votes -
On incels, dead bedrooms and the hard problems of loneliness
25 votes -
The Atomic Cafe
3 votes -
Where loneliness can lead: Hannah Arendt enjoyed her solitude, but she believed that loneliness could make people susceptible to totalitarianism
9 votes -
The concept of loneliness
2 votes -
Making friends during a pandemic is tough. Two college students created a website to help.
8 votes -
Why do you feel lonely? Neuroscience is starting to find answers
7 votes -
Can you recommend authors who deal with loneliness?
They can be modern or classic (or modern classic:), in any language. Preferably famous and influential authors, but hidden gems are also fine. Also, I'd really prefer fiction, but philosophical...
They can be modern or classic (or modern classic:), in any language. Preferably famous and influential authors, but hidden gems are also fine.
Also, I'd really prefer fiction, but philosophical books are all right too.
18 votes -
In the midst of the pandemic, loneliness has leveled out
4 votes -
The loneliest road trip: Travels through an empty America – in pictures
6 votes -
End of the office: The quiet, grinding loneliness of working from home
11 votes -
Sixteen-year-old student gets thousands of primary school children to write to lonely care home residents
7 votes -
My friends and I swap nudes as a form of pandemic self-care
8 votes -
Iceland's forestry service has come up with a novel way to overcome the sense of isolation many people suffer because of Covid-19 – hug the trees
6 votes -
Talking to your neighbours is mandatory if you live in this block of flats – it's all part of a plan to help tackle loneliness
9 votes -
David Foster Wallace putting into words a dread we're all familiar with
5 votes -
Finland's family cafes are helping solve one of parenting's biggest problems – loneliness
8 votes -
Alienated, alone and angry: What the digital revolution really did to us
15 votes -
Companion dog acquisition may reduce loneliness among community dog owners
6 votes -
Meet the gamer grandpas: The seniors who spend retirement playing ‘Fortnite’
6 votes -
Making friends with a stranger changed my life
8 votes -
What do we do about the violence of lonely young men?
32 votes -
Isolated and struggling, many seniors are turning to suicide
8 votes -
Men have no friends and women bear the burden
27 votes -
The loneliness problem in LA starts with traffic. Could it end with a walk?
6 votes -
The loneliness epidemic
15 votes