Sad upset teenager sitting on windowsill hugging knees looking out window, lonely teen girl at home.

Brits experience loneliness every month - but are too ashamed to admit it

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Gen Z even lonelier than pensioners during Christmas period, survey says

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‘The dad play dates that are saving lives and improving men’s mental health'

Brits reveal the small acts of kindness they're doing to help loved ones feel less lonely at Christmas

Lonely Londoner opens home café to make friends over coffee - now hundreds want to visit

David Hamilton leads new retiree podcast as over-65s spend less than an hour a day chatting

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'My friends treat me like a doormat and I've spent £2,000 keeping them happy'

Majority of Brits find it 'extremely challenging' to talk about feelings, poll suggests

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'Lonely children to be prescribed gardening, fishing and art to help their mental health'

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Co-op axes community heroes leaving vulnerable workers on the breadline

Common condition that is as harmful as smoking 15 cigarettes a day

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'Key to happiness has been revealed - and you can even study it at university'

Nearly half of Brits think you can have lots of friends - but still feel lonely, study finds

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Silicon Valley county becomes first in US to declare loneliness a public health emergency

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How visiting lonely loved ones can help them live longer, according to science

Nearly half of adults feel it is harder to make new friends as you get older, study finds

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'I split up with my ex just before pandemic - now I'm housebound with long Covid'

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'Pub Christmas ad makes me cry thinking about it - be sure to visit lonely elderly people'

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Loneliness is as bad for your health as smoking 15 cigarettes a day, WHO warns

Meet the kind-hearted Brits fighting the nation’s loneliness epidemic

'Silent generation' blame self-checkouts for worsening loneliness

'I run group holidays for the lonely - if someone's not right we try to put them off'

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