Why Adult Friendships Are Structurally Harder to Form
Adults must deliberately build what schools and neighborhoods once supplied automatically.
Yuna Tran-Castellano
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Loneliness
6 stories in Loneliness.
Loneliness as a Public Health Condition in Under-35s
Young adults face widespread loneliness driven by structural changes, not personal failure.
Declan Osei
Friendship Recession Among Young Men
Young men are losing close friendships three times faster than other demographic groups.
Declan Osei
The Grief of Friendships That Quietly End
When friendships fade without explanation, grief goes unwitnessed and unprocessed.
Marcus Blaine
Loneliness After a Major Life Transition
The loneliness that follows major life changes is structural, not emotional, and it has a fix.
Priya Mehta-Solomon
Parasocial Relationships and Loneliness Compensation
These one-sided bonds feel real but rarely cure the loneliness they're meant to treat.
Priya Mehta-Solomon