Loneliness

Why Do You Blame?

Margaret Paul, Ph.D. | Posted 02.08.2012 | Healthy Living

Read More: Self-Abandonment, Margaret Paul, Anger, Loneliness, Self-Love, Blame Game, Heartbreak, Judgmental, Self-Judgment, Compassion, Emotional Intelligence, Healthy Living News

Why do we blame ourselves and others? What is the payoff?

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Aging: A Universal but Personal Experience

Vivian Diller, Ph.D. | Posted 01.18.2012 | Fifty

Read More: Aging, Retirement, Ageism, Loss, Age Discrimination, Isolation, Loneliness, Fifty News

Despite what the advertisers and surgeons may tell us, no one has figured out how to stop the clock. And as our clocks tick longer and longer, we all face physical and emotional challenges.

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Are You and Your Partner Hurting Each Other?

Margaret Paul, Ph.D. | Posted 01.10.2012 | Healthy Living

Read More: Anger, Loneliness, Heartache, Relationships, Heartbreak, Relationship Advice, Emotional Connection, Emotional Disconnection, Love, Withdrawal, Conscious Relationships, Healthy Living News

Relationships are fertile ground for learning about ourselves -- about our unloving behavior that creates the very disconnection we don't want, and about the loving behavior that brings aliveness, joy and passion to our relationship.

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Your Misery Has Company

Heidi Grant Halvorson, Ph.D. | Posted 12.23.2011 | Healthy Living

Read More: Stress, Emotions, Shame, Holidays, Loneliness, Depression, Christmas, Coping, Sadness, Anxiety, Christmas Depression, Happiness, Holiday Blues, Holiday Blues Depression, Depression Holidays, Holiday Stress, Holiday Depression, Healthy Living News

It's not at all unusual for people to feel more anxious, exhausted, frustrated or depressed at this time of year than they typically do. And what's more, we feel like we are alone in our unhappiness. This common misperception only adds to our pain.

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Solitude: Alone or on the iPhone

Stanton Peele | Posted 12.22.2011 | Healthy Living

Read More: Connectivity, Loneliness, Technology, Solitude, Social, Unplug and Recharge, Healthy Living News

Human beings are social animals -- they are also solitary ones. Many things in modern life are done alone, even within well-integrated families and social groups.

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Girlfriends Over Husbands?

Nancy Deville | Posted 02.13.2012 | Women

Read More: Friendship, Loneliness, Friends, Longevity, Fun, Holiday Loneliness, Breast Cancer, Teenage Girls, Heart Disease, Girlfriend Guide, Gossip Girl, Girlfriends, Quality of Life, Women News

"Are you going to get married again, Grandma?" I asked her. "NO!" Her vehemence was startling enough to spark my curiosity, and for the next few years, I observed her and her friends.

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6 Ways To Cope With Holiday Loneliness

Posted 12.12.2011 | Healthy Living

Read More: Loneliness, How to Deal With Loneliness, Depression and Holidays, Coping With Loneliness, Holiday Loneliness, Healthy Living News

By YouBeauty.com There are many festive signs that the holidays are upon us: Christmas carols on the radio, department store Santas, holiday window...

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The Long-Distance Family: New, and Made In America

Anastasia Rubis | Posted 02.08.2012 | Parents

Read More: Marriage, Women, Family Trends, Loneliness, Kinds of Families, Long Distance Families, American Family, Economy, Couples, Parents News

My husband works two weeks per month in Eastern Europe. When I mention this to people, they give me the sad-eyed look. "It's fine," I say, and, really, it used to be more than fine: I was actually enjoying myself the first year.

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Review: Daddy's Girl's Guilty as Hell

Dr. Susan Corso | Posted 01.23.2012 | Books

Read More: Loneliness, Guilty, Guilt, Susan Ni Rahilly, Cathollic Church, Books News

What a remarkable book Susan Ni Rahilly has written about her odyssey through her past in the Catholic Church (caps intentional). Daddy's Girl's Guilt...

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Feeling Isolated and Alone This Holiday Season?

Judith Johnson | Posted 01.17.2012 | Healthy Living

Read More: Thanksgiving, Holiday Blues, Self Care, Isolation, Holidays, Loneliness, Self-Pity, Positivity, Mindfulness, Being Alone, Healthy Living News

If you find yourself on a trajectory of anticipating an awful Thanksgiving, consider what you might do to change that. Ultimately, how you experience that day is a reflection of your attitude.

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How To Create A Prayer Tree In Your Local Community

Sandra Ingerman | Posted 01.21.2012 | Healthy Living

Read More: Holidays, Loneliness, Community Prayer Tree, Prayer Tree, Mindfulness, Mindful Living, Positivity, Community, Winter Rituals, Prayer, Siberia, Shaman, Redroom, Spirituality, Healthy Living News

Many people during this time of year buy Christmas trees. During our solstice celebration this year I would suggest a new way to bring in this holiday season.

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Measuring The 'Social' In Social Networking

Wray Herbert | Posted 01.10.2012 | Healthy Living

Read More: Friendship, Social Media, Interpersonal Relationships, Loneliness, Self-Esteem, Social Networking, Facebook, Shyness, Social Networks, Healthy Living Mind, Emotional Intelligence, Healthy Living News

Facebook is a social lubricant for many of its 500 million users, facilitating fast and effortless and widespread connection. But does this innovative technology actually change the quality and texture of relationships?

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Loneliness: A Bridge To The Heart

Agapi Stassinopoulos | Posted 01.10.2012 | Healthy Living

Read More: Consciousness, Loneliness, Loneliness Happiness, Healthy Living Spirit, Coping With Loneliness, Healthy Living News

If you are feeling lonely, try to identify what you are feeling lonely for. We often associate being lonely with longing for the company of others, but loneliness can also stem from not giving voice to our longings.

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Balanced Life -- 8 Tips for Making Friends.

Gretchen Rubin | Posted 11.07.2011 | Healthy Living

Read More: Tips, Friendship, Loneliness, Psychology, Relationship, Friends, Groups, Happiness, Healthy Living News

Every Wednesday is Tip Day. This Wednesday: eight tips for making new friends. Last week, I posted a list How to make friends -- or at least think a...

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The Loneliness of Living Long Enough to Be Lonely

Lorraine Devon Wilke | Posted 10.15.2011 | Healthy Living

Read More: Aging, Loneliness, Adolescence, College Aged Kids, Mid-Life, Living Alone, Old Age, Children Growing Up, Widows, Consciousness, Healthy Living Spirit, Healthy Living News

I remember the moment I truly understood my mother, a woman I couldn't understand for the life of me ... I saw her loneliness that day. I saw it because, for the first time, I felt glimmers of it in my own life.

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Brain Training: A Cure For Loneliness?

Heidi Grant Halvorson, Ph.D. | Posted 09.12.2011 | Healthy Living

Read More: Loneliness, Ways to Combat Loneliness, Mental Health, Loneliness vs. Shyness, Healthy Living Mind, Cure for Loneliness, Research on Loneliness, Healthy Living News

Persistent loneliness is not only emotionally painful but can be more damaging to our physical and mental health than many psychiatric illnesses. Psychologists have created dozens of interventions designed to try to tackle this epidemic.

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3 Tips to Socializing this Summer

Shasta Nelson, M.Div. | Posted 08.30.2011 | Women

Read More: Socializing, Friendship, Loneliness, Friendship Expert, Seasons, Friends, Need Friends, Summer, Women's Health, Tips, Friendship Advice, Female Friendships, Make Friends, Women Friendship, Women News

Summer brings up a lot of idealized pictures: family vacations, backyard barbeques with neighbors, street festivals with friends. In that gap between our hopes and our reality often comes the surprising feeling of loneliness.

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WATCH: 96 Ways Of Capturing Loneliness

Constantin Bjerke | Posted 07.19.2011 | Arts

Read More: Photography, Diner, Ghostly, Photographer, Ghent, Atmosphere, Filmmaker, London, If You Leave, Paris, Picture, Portfolio, Loneliness, Blog, East London, Image, Desolation, Belgium, Nostalgia, Whitechapel Art Gallery, Arts News

It is some years ago that London-based photographer and ﬁlmmaker, Laurence Von Thomas, started his pictorial...

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Misery Needs Company

Dr. Susan Corso | Posted 07.18.2011 | Healthy Living

Read More: Loneliness, Misery, Healthy Living Spirit, Healthy Living, Miserable, Misery Needs Company, Dealing With Misery, How to Deal With Loneliness, I'm Miserable, How to Deal With Sadness, How to Stop Being Miserable, Healthy Living News

There are plenty of other people in this world who are as miserable as you are right now.

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Must Middle-Aged Divorcees Kiss Sex Goodbye?

Vicki Larson | Posted 07.01.2011 | Divorce

Read More: Do-Over Dads, Reinvention, Caregiving, Depression, Fear, Divorce, Midlife Crisis, Kissing, Intimacy, Start-Over Dads, Older Men With Younger Women, Oprah Winfrey, Loneliness, Hugging, Middle Age, Sex, Freedom, Midlife, Aarp, More Magazine, Cougars, Confidence, Remarriage, Touch, Divorce News

Midlife is a great time to reinvent yourself. It just isn't a great age to get divorced, especially if you're a woman who isn't ready to give up on sex and love and a partner.

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Overcoming Loneliness The 'OPA!' Way

Alex Pattakos | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

Read More: Friendship, Loneliness, Opa Way, Self Help, Antidote, Opa, Opa Meaning, Opa Word Meaning, Opa Lifestyle, Opa Inspiration, Opa Greek Word, Opa Greece, Opa! Way, Healthy Living News

Despite connecting with new "friends" via online social networking, living in cities with thousands of people and working in large organizations, the incidence of people who say they are lonely keeps rising.

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How to Feel Less Alone

Mike Robbins | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

Read More: Support, Acceptance, Loneliness, Fear, Mike Robbins, Authenticity, Alone, Help, Appreciation, Faith, Gratitude, Self-Help, Self Help, Healthy Living News

I still find that in my darkest moments, I feel like there's no one who really gets me, knows what I'm going through, or even cares enough to truly have my back. Do you ever feel like this yourself?

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For College Kids: How to Eat Alone in the Dining Hall

Meg F. Schneider, MA, LCSW | Posted 06.05.2011 | College

Read More: Anxiety on Campus, Depression, Loneliness, College Anguish, Campus Cafeteria, Dining Halls, Self Consciousness, Eating Alone, In College, College News

It's hard to eat alone because of what you assume others are thinking. Your own destructive thoughts ruin a manageable, quiet, dining experience.

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Deconstructing "Alone:" My Biggest Fear About Divorce

Kristin Tennant | Posted 05.25.2011 | Divorce

Read More: Women's Empowerment, Alone, Loneliness, Parenting, Empowerment, Divorce, Remarriage, Divorce News

Soon after my first husband and I separated, in 2003, I bought the book How to Be Alone by Jonathan Franzen.

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Hook-Ups Don't Work For Me

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 05.25.2011 | College

Read More: Loneliness, Teen Romance, Romance, Dating, Gay Teens, College, Wamu, American Pie, Hook-Up, College News

Originally published on Youthradio.org, the premier source for youth generated news throughout the globe. By Joel Carela I've always been put off b...

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