In my work as a clinical psychologist, I’ve seen countless patients over the years with a similar presenting concern — the fear of being alone. They tell me about the discomfort they feel when ...

In a 2014 survey of 2,000 adults, one in three said they fear being alone: 40 percent of women and 35 percent of men. The world is riddled with distractions that prevent us from having to feel alone ...

Most of us watch reality survival shows like Alone or Naked and Afraid from the couch and think, “I could probably do that… right?” But what do people who actually teach survival for a living think of ...

Fear of abandonment is when you worry that people you care about will leave or stop loving you. It can show up as needing ...

After being laid off this past December, I booked a two-week trip to Paris. I already lived alone, went to dinner alone, sat in coffee shops alone and danced at weddings alone. But I had never ...

Who's afraid of the dark? Plenty of people, both children and adults. But when does uneasiness at night or when the lights go out shift from something that's unpleasant to a clinical phobia? While ...

We’re Born Alone and Die Alone — So Why Do We Crave Connection? From the very first breath we take to the last breath we leave behind, life is, in many ways, a solitary journey. We are born alone. And ...

In the heart of the nation's capital, in a courthouse of the U.S. government, one man will stop at nothing to keep his honor, and one will stop at nothing to find the truth.