Haupt is a health and wellness editor at TIME. Haupt is a health and wellness editor at TIME. As a recent college graduate in a new city, Samantha Elliott thought she'd be lonely. Instead, she found ...

For example, a 16-year-old girl said, “Time spent alone has been really good to reflect on where I am going in my life.” A 42-year-old man mentioned meditating and “acceptance and appreciation of the ...

Compared to extroverts, who tend to fill their social battery in social situations and interacting with others, introverts are well known for needing solitude to truly unwind and recharge. There are ...

Social connection, support, and interaction are incredibly important, according to a study from World Psychiatry — not just for relationship well-being, but also for mental and physical health. These ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The author and his wife struggled with communication at first.Courtesy of Kimanzi Constable My wife loves chatting and needs to ...

How do people really feel when they are alone? The assumption that people who are alone will feel isolated and lonely is so strong that scholars and other observers have had to remind us, again and ...

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