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7 Tips For Making Friends When You’re Feeling Depressed

Published: October 2, 2025 | By | 6 Replies Continue Reading
7 Tips For Making Friends When You’re Feeling Depressed

Understandably, It’s tough to make friends when you’re feeling depressed but here are some tips from a psychologist to help.

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Finding a Bunco Group, One Player at A Time

Published: July 14, 2025 | By | 4 Replies Continue Reading
Finding a Bunco Group, One Player at A Time

Instead of trying to create a group of friends (e.g., bunco, cards or something else), it’s often prudent to make one friend at a time.

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Why Would Someone Have No Friends?

Published: July 5, 2025 | Last Updated: July 5, 2025 By | 4,595 Replies Continue Reading
Why Would Someone Have No Friends?

Why would someone have no friends? There are a number of reasons and it’s a situation that is more common than you might think.

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Making Friends At A Second Home

Published: April 22, 2025 | Last Updated: April 22, 2025 By | 6 Replies Continue Reading
Making Friends At A Second Home

There are challenges in making and keeping friends in two geographical locations simultaneously but they can be overcome if you set your mind to it.

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Lonely in High School: Tips for Making Friends

Published: April 19, 2025 | Last Updated: April 19, 2025 By | 1 Reply Continue Reading
Lonely in High School: Tips for Making Friends

She’s lonely in high school but the middle of high school is a difficult time to make new friends, especially in small schools and small towns.

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Making Friends When You’re Starting from Zero

Published: April 18, 2025 | Last Updated: May 6, 2025 By | 6 Replies Continue Reading
Making Friends When You’re Starting from Zero

A woman asks how to begin making friends when you’re starting from zero and entering adulthood all alone. 

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Making Friends: When Should I Disclose My Emotional Baggage?

Published: March 12, 2025 | Last Updated: March 16, 2025 By | 3 Replies Continue Reading
Making Friends: When Should I Disclose My Emotional Baggage?

When you bring emotional baggage to a friendship, how do you handle disclosing your backstory?

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A Single Mom Has Trouble Making Friends

Published: March 14, 2024 | By | 15 Replies Continue Reading
A Single Mom Has Trouble Making Friends

It can be challenging for a single mom to cultivate friendships but with a little bit of effort, it isn’t impossible.

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Shy All My Life: Will It Just Go Away?

Published: September 4, 2021 | By | 13 Replies Continue Reading
Shy All My Life: Will It Just Go Away?

A young woman writes “I’ve been shy all my life.” She wonders whether those feelings will ever go away on their own.

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How To Make New Friends During The Coronavirus Pandemic

Published: May 16, 2020 | Last Updated: October 21, 2025 By | 9 Replies Continue Reading
How To Make New Friends During The Coronavirus Pandemic

Making new friends can be challenging during the best of times but the coronavirus pandemic has added another layer of complexity.

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