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Last week, my roommate (she’s awesome btw) wrote a blog post on How to be Horribly and Desperately Alone. I absolutely love her sarcastic comedy. But no matter what the title made you think, this post isn’t sarcastic at all. You should throw your BFF away, and here’s...

Everywhere I’m hearing about the “loneliness epidemic” and how it'll kill us. Last year the US surgeon general warned that we need to treat the serious danger of loneliness in our culture. This article explains the health dangers and three different types of...

I knew I might die in the next few minutes.  Cramped in the dark, we could hear it. All four of us, sitting chest to knees in our small pantry. We could hear it coming closer.  My feet pressed against my mom’s shoes across from me. My dad’s leg pressed...

I’m not sure if I had friends before Junior year of high school. Yeah, I spent time with a lot of people (except for my loner years). But what I call friendship now is a completely different thing. Have you ever seen those charts about acquaintances vs friends vs...

You don’t have to feel stuck when you’re lonely.  Do you know the song Waving Through a Window from Dear Evan Hansen? “On the outside always looking in, will I ever be more than I’ve always been?” The first time I heard it, that song haunted me for weeks because...