The need to connect is fundamental. But diminishing social ties and community support are contributing to the loneliness epidemic.
It’s important to identify the root causes of your stress and to find the coping mechanisms that work best for you.
Psychology researchers have focused on the idea that people form friendships with those who are similar, familiar and nearby. But how do individual people pick those who will become their friends?
Social isolation and loneliness in aging adults have been linked to numerous physical and mental health ailments. Teaching students how to listen deeply to older people can lessen those effects.
Spending Christmas by yourself can be hard but research shows there are things that should help.
Models shows that some 4 million people in the US have lost a grandparent to COVID-19. But until now, there has been a dearth of research into the mental health effects of losing a grandparent.
Think again if you assume only older people are isolated by technology.
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