In my own experience, going to university was one of the loneliest times of my life. Although I was surrounded by people and friends, I could not shake the feeling that I used to wake up to everyday – that…
This was a key finding from the world's largest study of touch which revealed results this week, linking positive attitudes to touch with greater well-being and lower levels of loneliness. The global study from BBC Radio 4's All In the…
Loneliness has crept up on us as a silent epidemic and is now regarded as a public health issue affecting our wellbeing and shortening our lives. Traditionally, we think of loneliness affecting only the elderly or the sick. Today it…
Christmas in the UK seems to become more manic and commercialised each year, whilst growing numbers of people suffer from loneliness and depression which can be exacerbated at this time of year. The Christmas-hype can obscure the real opportunity of…