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For when you feel

Loneliness

Feeling alone, even around people, and wanting real connection.

525 picks matched to this feeling

Films

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  127 Hours
  Film · 2010
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  Man of Steel
  Film · 2013
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  Inside Out
  Film · 2015
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  The Squid and the Whale
  Film · 2005
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  As Good as It Gets
  Film · 1997
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  Shrek
  Film · 2001
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  A Silent Voice
  Film · 2016
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  Crazy Heart
  Film · 2009
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  Eighth Grade
  Film · 2018
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  Ikiru
  Film · 1952
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  Moonlight
  Film · 2016
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  A Man Called Ove
  Film · 2015
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  About Schmidt
  Film · 2002
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  Before Sunrise
  Film · 1995
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  Beginners
  Film · 2010
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  Brooklyn
  Film · 2015
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  Cast Away
  Film · 2000
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  Central Station
  Film · 1998
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  Frozen
  Film · 2013
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  Her
  Film · 2013
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  It's Kind of a Funny Story
  Film · 2010
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  Kiki's Delivery Service
  Film · 1989
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  Kubo and the Two Strings
  Film · 2016
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  Lars and the Real Girl
  Film · 2007
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  Life of Pi
  Film · 2012
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  Lilo & Stitch
  Film · 2002
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  Little Women
  Film · 2019
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  Mary and Max
  Film · 2009
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  Nimona
  Film · 2023
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  Nobody Knows
  Film · 2004
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  Perfect Days
  Film · 2023
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  Punch-Drunk Love
  Film · 2002
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  Robot Dreams
  Film · 2023
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  The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
  Film · 2022
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  The Breakfast Club
  Film · 1985
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  The Edge of Seventeen
  Film · 2016
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  The Elephant Man
  Film · 1980
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  The Fisher King
  Film · 1991
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  The Half of It
  Film · 2020
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  The Holdovers
  Film · 2023
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  The Intouchables
  Film · 2011
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  The Iron Giant
  Film · 1999
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  The Perks of Being a Wallflower
  Film · 2012
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  The Shawshank Redemption
  Film · 1994
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  The Station Agent
  Film · 2003
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  The Way, Way Back
  Film · 2013
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  The Wrestler
  Film · 2008
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  Tokyo Story
  Film · 1953

TV shows

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  BoJack Horseman
  TV · 2014–2020
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  The Bridge (Bron/Broen)
  TV · 2011–2018
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  Fleabag
  TV · 2016–2019
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  Skam
  TV · 2015–2017
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  Terrace House
  TV · 2012–2020
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  WandaVision
  TV · 2021
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  After Life
  TV · 2019–2022
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  Beef
  TV · 2023–present (anthology; Season 1 2023, Season 2 2026)
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  Doctor Who
  TV · 1963–1989, 2005–present (plus a 1996 film)
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  Friends
  TV · 1994–2004
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  House
  TV · 2004–2012
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  Move to Heaven
  TV · 2021
• 
  Mr. Robot
  TV · 2015–2019
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  My Mister
  TV · 2018
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  The Office (US)
  TV · 2005–2013
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  The Queen's Gambit
  TV · 2020
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  Russian Doll
  TV · 2019–2022
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  Schitt's Creek
  TV · 2015–2020
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  Shtisel
  TV · 2013–2021
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  Somebody Somewhere
  TV · 2022–2024
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  The Twilight Zone
  TV · 1959–1964
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  Unbelievable
  TV · 2019
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  Big Brother
  TV · 1999–present (US version 2000–present)
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  Cheers
  TV · 1982–1993
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  Community
  TV · 2009–2015
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  Detectorists
  TV · 2014–2022
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  Frasier
  TV · 1993–2004
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  Grayson's Art Club
  TV · 2020–2022
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  Hospital Playlist
  TV · 2020–2021
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  Maniac
  TV · 2018
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  The Mary Tyler Moore Show
  TV · 1970–1977
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  Master of None
  TV · 2015–2021
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  Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories
  TV · 2016–2019
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  Northern Exposure
  TV · 1990–1995
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  Parks and Recreation
  TV · 2009–2015
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  Rick and Morty
  TV · 2013–present
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  Stranger Things
  TV · 2016–2025
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  Weak Hero Class 1
  TV · 2022
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  Only Murders in the Building
  TV · 2021

Anime

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  Neon Genesis Evangelion
  Anime · 1995–1996
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  March Comes In like a Lion
  Anime · 2016–2018
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  Welcome to the NHK
  Anime · 2006
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  Bocchi the Rock!
  Anime · 2022 (Season 2 announced)
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  Komi Can't Communicate
  Anime · 2021–2022
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  Natsume's Book of Friends
  Anime · 2008–2024 (7 seasons as of 2024)
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  Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You
  Anime · 2009
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  Toradora!
  Anime · 2008
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  My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU
  Anime · 2013–2020

Documentaries

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  Brené Brown: Atlas of the Heart
  Documentary · 2022
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  Love on the Spectrum
  Documentary · 2019–present
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  The Undateables
  Documentary · 2012–2020
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  Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution
  Documentary · 2020
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  Life, Animated
  Documentary · 2016
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  Rich Hill
  Documentary · 2014
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  The Mask You Live In
  Documentary · 2015
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  Honeyland
  Documentary · 2019
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  Speaking Grief
  Documentary · 2020
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  Unrest
  Documentary · 2017
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  Autism in Love
  Documentary · 2015
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  Autism: The Musical
  Documentary · 2007
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  Baraka
  Documentary · 1992
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  Bully
  Documentary · 2011
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  In a Different Key
  Documentary · 2022
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  Kedi
  Documentary · 2016
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  My Beautiful Stutter
  Documentary · 2021
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  The Reason I Jump
  Documentary · 2020
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  Catfish
  Documentary · 2010

Books

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  An Angel at My Table
  Book · 1984 (vol. 2 of an autobiography, 1982–85)
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  Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
  Book · 2012
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  The Arrival
  Book · 2006
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  The Catcher in the Rye
  Book · 1951
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  A Christmas Carol
  Book · 1843
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  Darius the Great Is Not Okay
  Book · 2018
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  The Death of Ivan Ilyich
  Book · 1886
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  Dom Casmurro
  Book · 1899
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  Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
  Book · 2017
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  Everything I Never Told You
  Book · 2014
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  The Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen
  Book · 1835–1872
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  Flowers for Algernon
  Book · 1966
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  Foster
  Book · 2010
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  Frankenstein
  Book · 1818 (revised 1831)
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  A Grief Observed
  Book · 1961
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  H Is for Hawk
  Book · 2014
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  The Haunting of Hill House
  Book · 1959
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  Interpreter of Maladies
  Book · 1999
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  Jane Eyre
  Book · 1847
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  Kitchen
  Book · 1988
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  The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories
  Book · 1899 (title story); collections 1917 onward
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  The Little Prince
  Book · 1943
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  The Lonely City
  Book · 2016
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  A Man Called Ove
  Book · 2012
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  The Metamorphosis
  Book · 1915
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  Momo
  Book · 1973
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  My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness
  Book · 2016
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  My Year of Rest and Relaxation
  Book · 2018
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  New Kid
  Book · 2019
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  The Overcoat
  Book · 1842
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  The Perks of Being a Wallflower
  Book · 1999
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  Piranesi
  Book · 2020
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  The Poems of Emily Dickinson
  Book · c. 1850–1886 (mostly unpublished until after 1890)
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  The Remains of the Day
  Book · 1989
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  Silas Marner
  Book · 1861
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  Speak
  Book · 1999
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  Stoner
  Book · 1965
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  We Are Okay
  Book · 2017
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  The Anatomy of Melancholy
  Book · 1621
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  Anne of Green Gables
  Book · 1908
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  Anxious People
  Book · 2019
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  Bartleby, the Scrivener
  Book · 1853
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  Beside the River Sar (En las orillas del Sar)
  Book · 1884
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  Blankets
  Book · 2003
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  The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
  Book · 2019
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  Brave New World
  Book · 1932
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  Circe
  Book · 2018
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  Coraline
  Book · 2002

Games

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  Animal Crossing: New Horizons
  Game · 2020
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  Kind Words (lo fi chill beats to write to)
  Game · 2019
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  Pokémon Go
  Game · 2016
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  Sky: Children of the Light
  Game · 2019
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  Stardew Valley
  Game · 2016
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  Firewatch
  Game · 2016
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  Journey
  Game · 2012
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  Moonglow Bay
  Game · 2021
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  Sea of Solitude
  Game · 2019
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  Undertale
  Game · 2015
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  Cozy Grove
  Game · 2021
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  The Beginner's Guide
  Game · 2015

Songs

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  1-800-273-8255
  Song · 2017
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  Anxiety
  Song · 2019
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  Bridge over Troubled Water
  Song · 1970
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  Everybody Hurts
  Song · 1992
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  Lean on Me
  Song · 1972
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  Magic Shop
  Song · 2018
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  The Middle
  Song · 2001
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  911 / Mr. Lonely
  Song · 2017
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  Alone
  Song · 2022
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  Back to Black
  Song · 2006
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  Beautiful
  Song · 2009
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  Breathe
  Song · 2016
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  Car Radio
  Song · 2013
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  Comptine d'un autre été, l'après-midi
  Song · 2001
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  Dancing On My Own
  Song · 2010
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  Down to the River to Pray
  Song · 2000
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  Drew Barrymore
  Song · 2017
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  drivers license
  Song · 2021
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  everything i wanted
  Song · 2019
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  Flowers
  Song · 2023
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  Formidable
  Song · 2013
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  Ghost
  Song · 2021
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  Good News
  Song · 2020
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  Gymnopédie No. 1
  Song · 1888
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  Holocene
  Song · 2011
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  I'll Be Missing You
  Song · 1997
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  Love Poem
  Song · 2019
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  Many Rivers to Cross
  Song · 1969
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  Mice on Venus
  Song · 2011
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  Mother
  Song · 2018
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  Nobody Gets Me
  Song · 2022
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  Nocturne in E-flat major, Op. 9, No. 2
  Song · 1832
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  Nothing Else Matters
  Song · 1991
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  Oh Happy Day
  Song · 1969
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  Sober
  Song · 2008
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  Sodade
  Song · 1992
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  Someone like You
  Song · 2011
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  Soundtrack 2 My Life
  Song · 2009
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  Spring Day
  Song · 2017
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  Stand by Me
  Song · 1961
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  Through the Night
  Song · 2017
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  Ue o Muite Arukō
  Song · 1961
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  Unwell
  Song · 2002
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  Who Knew
  Song · 2006
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  Who You Are
  Song · 2011
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  Your Hand in Mine
  Song · 2003
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  Day 'n' Nite
  Song · 2008
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  L'enfer
  Song · 2022

Albums

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  Man on the Moon: The End of Day
  Album · 2009
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  Multitude
  Album · 2022
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  ( )
  Album · 2002
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  808s & Heartbreak
  Album · 2008
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  A Crow Looked at Me
  Album · 2017
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  Blonde
  Album · 2016
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  Blue
  Album · 1971
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  Buena Vista Social Club
  Album · 1997
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  Felt
  Album · 2011
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  For Emma, Forever Ago
  Album · 2007
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  Ghosteen
  Album · 2019
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  In the Heart of the Moon
  Album · 2005
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  Kind of Blue
  Album · 1959
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  Melodrama
  Album · 2017
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  Minecraft – Volume Alpha
  Album · 2011
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  Miss Perfumado
  Album · 1992
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  Modal Soul
  Album · 2005
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  Process
  Album · 2017
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  Punisher
  Album · 2020
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  Sea Change
  Album · 2002
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  Vulture Prince
  Album · 2021
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  Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill
  Album · 2008
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  Sunday at the Village Vanguard
  Album · 1961
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  Windswept Adan
  Album · 2020

Podcasts

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  All There Is with Anderson Cooper
  Podcast · 2022–present
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  Ear Hustle
  Podcast · 2017–present
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  Grief Out Loud
  Podcast · 2015–present
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  Griefcast
  Podcast · 2016–2023
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  Savvy Psychologist
  Podcast · 2014–present
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  StoryCorps
  Podcast · 2003–present (StoryCorps project; podcast feed ongoing)
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  Terrible, Thanks for Asking (now Thanks for Asking)
  Podcast · 2016–present
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  The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos
  Podcast · 2019–present
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  The Hilarious World of Depression
  Podcast · 2016–2020
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  The Moth
  Podcast · 1997–present (Moth Radio Hour since 2009)
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  The Science of Happiness
  Podcast · 2018–present
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  What's Your Grief Podcast
  Podcast · c. 2014–2025 (on hiatus since 2025)
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  1800 Seconds on Autism
  Podcast · 2018–2023
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  Beautiful Stories From Anonymous People
  Podcast · 2016–present
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  Nothing Much Happens: Bedtime Stories to Help You Sleep
  Podcast · 2018–present
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  On Being with Krista Tippett
  Podcast · 2001–present (began as Speaking of Faith; weekly radio ended June 2022; seasonal podcast continues)
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  Sleep With Me
  Podcast · 2013–present
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  The Mental Illness Happy Hour
  Podcast · 2011–present
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  Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend
  Podcast · 2018–present
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  WTF with Marc Maron
  Podcast · 2009–2025
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  The Sunday Story: Stephanie Foo on Healing from Complex PTSD
  Podcast · 2023
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  LeVar Burton Reads
  Podcast · 2017

Stand-up specials

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  Bo Burnham: Inside
  Stand-up · 2021
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  Daniel Sloss: Jigsaw
  Stand-up · 2018
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  Jenny Slate: Stage Fright
  Stand-up · 2019
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  Neal Brennan: Blocks
  Stand-up · 2022
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  Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip
  Stand-up · 1982
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  Steve Martin and Martin Short: An Evening You Will Forget for the Rest of Your Life
  Stand-up · 2018
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  The Inside Outtakes
  Stand-up · 2022

TV episodes

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  The West Wing: Noël (S2E10)
  TV episode · 2000
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  New Girl: Pilot (S1E1)
  TV episode · 2011
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  How I Met Your Mother: Where Were We? (S2E1)
  TV episode · 2006

Videos

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  Brené Brown on Empathy
  Video · 2013
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  How to Make Stress Your Friend | Kelly McGonigal | TED
  Video · 2013
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  How to practice emotional first aid | Guy Winch | TED
  Video · 2014
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  I had a black dog, his name was depression
  Video · 2012
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  Tender Self-Compassion Break | Soothing Meditation for Emotional Support Guided by Dr. Kristin Neff
  Video
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  What happens when you have a disease doctors can't diagnose | Jennifer Brea
  Video · 2016
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  What Makes a Good Life? Lessons from the Longest Study on Happiness | Robert Waldinger | TED
  Video · 2015
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  "Cuerdas", Cortometraje completo
  Video · 2014
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  An Experiment in Gratitude | The Science of Happiness
  Video · 2013
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  Bob Ross - Cabin Hideaway (Season 13 Episode 11)
  Video · 1987
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  Bob Ross - Secluded Beach (Season 9 Episode 6)
  Video · 1986
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  Connected, but alone? | Sherry Turkle
  Video · 2012
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  Depression, the secret we share | Andrew Solomon
  Video · 2013
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  Fred Rogers Acceptance Speech - 1997
  Video · 1997
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  Loneliness
  Video · 2019
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  The bridge between suicide and life | Kevin Briggs
  Video · 2014
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  The Last Viewing | #VeteransVoices from StoryCorps
  Video · Unconfirmed (StoryCorps page indicates 2014)
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  The Present - OFFICIAL
  Video · 2014
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  The secret to living longer may be your social life | Susan Pinker
  Video · 2017
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  There's more to life than being happy | Emily Esfahani Smith | TED
  Video · 2017
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  Everything you think you know about addiction is wrong | Johann Hari | TED
  Video · 2015
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  RSA ANIMATE: The Power of Outrospection
  Video · 2012
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  The Egg - A Short Story
  Video · 2019
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  This could be why you're depressed or anxious | Johann Hari | TED
  Video · 2019
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  Validation
  Video · 2007
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  The lethality of loneliness: John Cacioppo at TEDxDesMoines
  Video · 2013
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  Break-Ups Don't Have to Leave You Broken | Gary Lewandowski | TEDxNavesink
  Video · 2015

Book chapters

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  Emotional First Aid: Chapter 1, Rejection
  Book chapter · 2013
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  Frog and Toad Are Friends: The Story
  Book chapter · 1970