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People are calling crisis hotlines in greater numbers, complaining of more complex struggles. What these lines are seeing offers a window into the emotional struggles Americans face.

As the #Covid19 pandemic stretches on, social distancing appears to be our reality for the foreseeable future. Let's use this time to optimize technology to enhance our collective social health.

Earlier this year I found myself sitting at a table in a Melbourne café, feeling uncomfortable and self-conscious as I tried to summon the courage to talk to one of the other customers. I had started 2020, as many of us do, by downloading an app with

Earlier this year I found myself sitting at a table in a Melbourne cafe, feeling uncomfortable and self-conscious as I tried to summon the courage to talk to one of the other customers. I had started 2020, as many of us do, by downloading an app with

In accepting loneliness, says NATALIE GOLDBERG, we learn to reach out—not from fear and the desire to escape, but from an honest ache to connect. LONELINESS HAS FOLLOWED ME all my life. Down long public school corridors lined with lockers, I heard it

There’s a question in Henry Thoreau’s Walden—“What do we want most to dwell near to?”—that I asked myself (in a less bombastic way) when I decided to move from my eight-million-strong city of Chennai in South India to a rural coastal village 80 kilom

SUBJECT Hunter Johnson OCCUPATION Facilitator and CEO INTERVIEWER Nathan Scolaro PHOTOGRAPHER Hilary Walker LOCATION Melbourne, Australia DATE March, 2019 ANTIDOTE TO Hard shells UNEXPECTED Meaningful bucks party Some of the most courageous w

ON paper, the last few months have proven to be very successful for Renée Zellweger. She starred as Judy Garland in the critically-acclaimed film Judy, which saw her win the Golden Globe Award, SAG Award, BAFTA Award and the Academy Award for Best Ac

Slow, loving strokes are thought to be the most beneficial kind of touch as it has a restorative quality, has hormonal benefits, and it’s reciprocal in nature. “When you’re kind to someone you get a reward back, therefore when you touch another with

SOME TIME AGO I read an article that suggested that chronic loneliness is becoming more common despite technology providing easy ways to connect and communicate with one another. In it a young woman explained that she has plenty of friends and family

We’ve reached a social stalemate. Thanks to those little devices we hold in the palms of our hands – or those like the one I’m typing on right now – we’re more connected than ever before. We rely on the likes of Facebook to help us keep up to date wi

touch is our very first sense connection to the world from birth and a fundamental human need throughout our entire life span. Yet, in this digital age, it seems we’re out of touch with this vital non-verbal connection. Whether we receive a pleasant

Prices vary; Xbox One, PS4, PC Depression maybe just a word for some but for someone living through it, is something indescribable. The longer one takes to realise, the more difficult it becomes to treat this beast. Sea of Solitude takes you on a si

ANSWER: Way more than you think When you picture a lonely person.who sprnings to mind? Maybe it's an elderly man grocery shopping For one.perhaps solo teenager.but here's the truth: it's actually most likely to be you It’s young women who are really

WE ARE LIVING in an era of increasing unhappiness. In Australia, depression sits at third place on the list of diseases carrying the highest “burden”, which covers reduced quality of life and financial cost. Loneliness abounds. Anxiety affects seven

We’re all guilty of letting friendships slide in adulthood, but just half an hour a week of chatting on the phone can enhance these relationships and boost your wellbeing, says Age UK. With recent demographic trends showing that the number of over-50

Many older people struggle at this time of year. The cold weather comes with associated health problems, and getting out and about can be made more challenging by snowfall and icy pavements. Age UK reports that an atmosphere of festivity all around c

Slow, loving strokes are thought to be the most beneficial kind of touch as it has a restorative quality, has hormonal benefits, and it’s reciprocal in nature. “When you’re kind to someone you get a reward back, therefore when you touch another with

With summer on the horizon, we all want to make sure we’re feeling our best and honey could be the natural remedy we need. It’s rich in natural antioxidants and has been said to help lower blood pressure and help improve cholesterol. Want to feel the

Isolation is on the increase in the western world and many people now site loneliness as one of the major causes of their unhappiness, depression, stress and anxiety. Of course, loneliness is often a state of mind and one can feel incredibly lonely i

You might think living in a time of widespread social media such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn would dispel feelings of loneliness and relegate isolation to a thing of the past. Not so, particularly in the elderly. In Britain and the

No one wants to admit that they’re a successful writer, filmmaker, painter, or musician in large part because they had a financially stable background. Talent and hard work certainly have something to do with where you end up, but zip code is still d

It’s common to feel socially isolated after having a baby, but estrangement from friends doesn’t have to last forever.

When it comes to how queens of the catwalk eat in order to maintain their model figures, we’ve all heard the ‘lettuce leaf ’ gags. But there is a more serious side to this, which is why Sarah Ann Macklin, having been immersed in the modelling industr

The lonely woman has not fared well in the history of literature. Ophelia is the first character to whom Shakespeare applies the word “loneliness,” at the time a neologism to the English language. The scholar Amelia Worsley argues that in contrast to

Psychologists are discovering just how much information about our inner states can be gleaned from social media.

CHICAGO - When realtor Kate McClelland moved into her craftsman style bungalow in Mayfair 10 years ago, she had no idea it would turn out to be a such a great spot for her. A long-term suburbanite, she moved to the Far North Side area after a divorce

In Spike Jonze’s cinematic masterpiece Her, a lonely writer is reconciling with his ex-wife when she discovers that he has been dating his artificially-intelligent operating system. Against the pastel idyll of their quiet brunch, Rooney Mara’s once-d

It's hard to imagine how some people stave off loneliness in Los Angeles. Nearly a third of the city's households consist of one person, according to the latest census numbers. They include young and old, rich and poor, and some particularly isolated

A Bend in the Stars by Rachel Barenbaum is the story of a scientist racing Einstein to prove relativity. In the chaos of war in 1914 Russia, on the brink of solving the famous field equations, he goes missing—launching his sister on a desperate searc