Feeling Lonely in a Relationship: What You Can Do

SOURCES:

Journal of Societal and Personal Relationships: “Loneliness in the older adult marriage: Associations with dyadic aversion, indifference, and ambivalence.”

Pew Research Center: “Americans unhappy with family, social or financial life are more likely to say they feel lonely.”

News release, Cigna.

CDC: “Loneliness and Social Isolation Linked to Serious Health Conditions.”

Jane Greer, PhD, marriage and family therapist; author, What About Me: Stop Selfishness From Ruining Your Relationship, New York, NY.

Jagdish Khubchandani, PhD, professor of public health, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM.

Sheenah Hankin, PhD, psychotherapist, New York, NY.

Tina Tessina, PhD, psychotherapist; author, Money, Sex and Kids, Long Beach, CA.