"For starters, ask them. If that still doesn't help, give them a gift that lets them know more about who you are. Both strategies, Aknin has found, will likely increase your connection with the other person. Most importantly, when you give from the heart, you will likely reduce the loneliness of others, which, again, will have the boomerang effect of reducing yours."
"Sharing your feelings for them will likely both increase their and your estimation of the relationship and decrease loneliness all around. Very few people take the time to write cards anymore, preferring to write textual messages that are read and moved on from within a minute on a good day. People often put the few cards they receive on their desk or a shelf and are likely to see them again. The effect? Outsized-they are more likely to remember and appreciate their relationship with you."
Research indicates that personalized gifts attuned to recipients' unique needs produce the most happiness and relationship growth. Asking recipients what they want or giving items that reveal more about the giver both increase connection. Giving from the heart reduces others' loneliness and often reduces the giver's loneliness by reciprocity. Handwritten cards create outsized effects because recipients often keep and re-read them, reinforcing appreciation and relationship memory. Nostalgia can feel bittersweet but can be positive when used to reaffirm identity and reconnect with deeper values. Anxiety often arises from threats to existence that are difficult to identify and name.
Read at Psychology Today
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