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A person sitting alone by a rain-streaked window, reflecting the tendency to withdraw during difficult times

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Why Your Social Circle Shrinks During a Crisis — and How to Fight It

Why we pull away from friends during stress, UK loneliness data for 2025, and practical strategies to resist social withdrawal when you need connection most.

Pamela Silkstone

5 February 2025