@sched.ai: 9 loneliness fixes, worst to best. the two things most of us reach for, scrolling and deleting the apps, both pointed the wrong way in the studies. a pet didn't reliably help either. what moved loneliness was contact that goes somewhere: small acts of kindness, volunteering, and at the top, a real phone conversation most days, which lowered loneliness within 4 weeks in a trial of 240 adults. therapy works too, it just takes weeks of sessions. THE TIP THAT DIDN'T FIT stop fighting the lonely feeling. in a trial of 153 adults, a 14 lesson phone course that trained people to notice their experience and accept it cut daily loneliness by 22% and added two more social interactions a day. the same course without the acceptance part didn't. the studies - scrolling, 9 years of dutch adults: Roberts 2026, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. PMID 41883066 - 59 studies on social media and loneliness: Feng 2026, Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. PMID 42479167 - quitting, 68 people: Vally 2019, Perspectives in Psychiatric Care. PMID 31402459 - 14 days off: de Hesselle 2024, BMC Psychology. PMID 38481298 - pets, 4,237 people: Ogata 2023, PLOS ONE. PMID 37099517 - pets, 24 studies: Kretzler 2022, Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. PMID 35816194 - getting out more, 45 students: Elmer 2023, Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. PMID 36844896 - what loneliness programs work: Masi 2011, Personality and Social Psychology Review. PMID 20716644 - posting more: Deters 2013, Social Psychological and Personality Science. PMID 24224070 - kindness, 4,284 people: Lim 2025, Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. PMID 39158741 - kindness to others vs yourself: Naclerio 2026, Emotion. PMID 40875305 - volunteering, 375 adults: Yeung 2025, Lancet Healthy Longevity. PMID 39855242 - therapy, 28 trials: Hickin 2021, Clinical Psychology Review. PMID 34339939 - phone calls, 240 adults: Kahlon 2021, JAMA Psychiatry. PMID 33620417 - 16 trials, people vs computers: Fu 2026, General Hospital Psychiatry. PMID 41895161 - accepting the feeling: Lindsay 2019, PNAS. PMID 30808743 who's the last person you actually called? #loneliness #MentalHealth #friendship #socialmedia #SelfImprovement

Justarandomguy1325 :

Till recently I didn't really care about having friends since I had my lovely PC. Since arriving at college things have changed though and I'm socially inept.

Lettuce | UK :

High inhib hell

sigma :

getting a pet is s++++ tier

fern. :

making online friends is S++++++

່ :

im 20 and got no friends/friend group, it‘s so hard to stay home on friday saturday nights

landekubu :

nah volunteering is F tier for me because i dont benefit from it

NvrMo :

getting a BMW s1000 tops it all [Big LOL]

🇵🇰🇳🇪🇺🇲🇲🇦🇵🇸🏳️‍🌈☪️✝️ :

unironically just go on omegle and try to start real conversations with people

T3rtey :

what about getting in a relationship?

Solitudist :

SSSSSSSS+ Tier - just focus on yourself

nyubri :

what about reading a novel ?

Artem :

im too miserable to do all that

Lialove33 :

Join clubs and communities in your area ! Any classes or insta pages of communities like crafting or music, going to their events you can meet people there ! Volunteering for causes that matter to you and connecting to others, either way putting yourself out there always increases your chances for friendship !

Ohouh? :

Pets are up there and let’s plays

Ardaddy :

Just so you know, these won’t definitely solve your problems. If you’re going to do them, do so without having any expectations.

🫧💦💦🌊🫧☂️☔️🫧🌬️ :

what if im good with it

eqqui :

started calling my parents after work every day and i can say that it does help

Siakap :

exercise/sport

.maxchrome :

Darktiktokside :

dum.bass :

so, give up

MeLoveCash :

Self delete SSS+

aIIah • Enemies :

dwbi + ldar = holy SSSSS tier

NoSaints :

SS+ you say…