Stories of Seclusion: After Winning the Lottery

My PsychologyToday.com series, Stories of Seclusion, tells composite stories of people who have spent much time alone.

Today's installment tells of Anne, 52, who won the 2nd prize, $1,000,000, in her state's lottery.

Stories of Seclusion: Embarassed into Isolation

Today's installment in my PsychologyToday.com series, Stories of Seclusion, tells of Wesley. He was a married minister in a small town and had an affair.

Stories of Seclusion: A Workplace Culture Drives Her Into Isolation

Today's installment in my PsychologyToday.com series, Stories of Seclusion, tells of Katarina, an immigrant who found working in a U.S. government agency less efficient than in her Russian one.

Stories of Seclusion: A Boy Who Couldn't Resist the Swamp

Today's installment in my PsychologyToday.com series, Stories of Seclusion, tells of a boy, Isaac, who was not your classic runaway. He liked his parents, no, he loved his parents. He loved his sister. He even loved school.

Stories of Seclusion: A Rejected Man

Today's installment in my PsychologyToday.com series, Stories of Seclusion, tells of Jerry who has spent most of his life getting rejected.

Stories of Seclusion: Obsessed Over Margaret Sanger

My PsychologyToday.com series, Stories of Seclusion, tells composite stories of people who have spent much time alone.

Today's installment tells of Julia, who soon after graduating college, unintentionally got pregnant.

Stories of Seclusion: A Physician Who Has Seen Too Much

My PsychologyToday.com series, Stories of Seclusion, tells composite stories of people who have spent much time alone.

Today's installment tells of an oncologist who has seen too much.

Stories of Seclusion: A Woman's Best Friend

This series, Stories of Seclusion tells composite stories of people who have spent much time alone.
Today's installment tells of Melanie and her best friend Bruno, her dog.

Stories of Seclusion: A Woman Reconciles Her Life in Solitude

My PsychologyToday.com series, Stories of Seclusion (Scroll down that page to see the previous installments) tells composite stories of people who have spent much time alone.  

Today's installment tells of an older psychotherapist who worried she'd die without having really mattered.

Stories of Seclusion: Hiding After a Face Lift

Today's installment in my PsychologyToday.com series, Stories of Seclusion, chronicles the composite story of a woman in the year after she had a facelift.

Stories of Seclusion: An Obese Person Decides to Lose the Weight in Isolation

Today's installment in my series, Stories of Seclusion, tells of an obese person who after many failed attempts to lose weight and keep it off, tried something dramatic.

Stories of Seclusion: A Practical Man Gets a Jolt

Today's installment in my PsychologyToday.com series, Stories of Seclusion, tells of what happened to a loner who lost his dog, whom he spent more time with than with any human.

Stories of Seclusion: Diary of a Laid-Off Man

Today's installment in my PsychologyToday.com series, Stories of Seclusion, tells the composite story of how a middle-aged man reacted to being "laid off."

Stories of Seclusion: A New Widow Treks Beyond Her Comfort Zone

Today's installment in my series, Stories of Seclusion tells the composite story of a new widow who escapes from her guilt literally.

Stories of Seclusion: A Teen Escapes the Pressure Cooker

Today's installment in my PsychologyToday.com series on people who spend much time alone tells the composite story of a teen who escaped from the pressure to get into a "good college."

Stories of Seclusion: Freddie the Falafel Fella

Today's installment in my PsychologyToday.com series, Stories of Seclusion, tells of Freddie the Falafel Fella. His story presents one of the myriad ways people can find contentment with a minimal social life.

Stories of Seclusion: Losing Wife and Child Drives Him to Isolation

Today's installment in my PsychologyToday.com series of seclusion tells the composite story of a man who goes into seclusion after his wife and baby die in childbirth. That seclusion resulted in his making a risky career decision.

Stories of Solitude: A Woman Who Entered a Cloistered Order of Nuns

In today's installment in my PsychologyToday.com series on people who spend a lot of time alone, I offer a composite profile of a woman who entered a cloistered order of nuns.