Holiday gatherings have a way of amplifying everyone’s quirks. I was looking forward to hosting my parents for a week during Thanksgiving, but in the limited space of a one-bedroom apartment, ...

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 ...

There’s a lot of fear around spending time alone. Alone time can make people itchy with boredom. It can carry a stigma (especially if you’re single). Worse, recent articles and studies warn us about ...

Is there anything wrong with spending time alone? It depends. For some individuals, spending too much time alone may indicate the presence of emotional problems (e.g., shame, paranoia), social ...

Even before the pandemic, fretting about loneliness had become a national obsession. People feel lonely when they are not getting the amount or the quality of time with other people that they want.