People who make excellent friends know that loyalty is key, but sometimes loyalty to a friend who is about to drag you down ...

Even if you're close, there are red flags that a friendship isn't worth staying in.Yusuke Nishizawa/Getty Images All friendships experience highs and lows. But if you feel like a friend puts you down ...

Friendships often begin with ease. Conversation flows, time passes quickly, and support feels natural rather than negotiated.

“Experience is the best teacher,” or so the old cliche goes, but, realistically, most of us would prefer to be forewarned about the realities of life. From how to spot a bad friend to the best ways to ...

According to the World Health Organization, loneliness is so bad that it's recognized as a priority public health problem and policy issue, with 1 in 4 people experiencing social isolation. But for ...

For Chloe*, 28, there was no going back from a close friend's betrayal. "I went through a really hard time after splitting up with my first boyfriend. He refused to accept it and started harassing me ...

We’ve all had them. Friends who bring out, not the best, but the worst in us. And by the worst in us, I don’t just mean saying or doing bad things, like swearing or smoking. These friends cause us to ...

Most people who struggle with friendships aren't socially inept—they're just blindly repeating the same self-sabotaging ...

Leslie Bibb, Michelle Monaghan and Carrie Coon, portraying characters whose friendships get tested in The White Lotus season three.Photograph: HBO Falling out with a friend can feel oddly shameful.

Welcome to Asking for a Friend, an advice column that helps you make sense of your messiest, most complicated friendship moments. Each month, clinical psychologist Miriam Kirmayer, PhD, will answer ...