3. Practice being alone for a certain amount of time each day. Yes, it might suck, but you gotta try it! Squyres recommends starting with a small goal, like 15 minutes.

The fear of being alone is not something I had ever considered "a thing." Snakes, spiders, tornadoes, sure. But solitude, not so much.

Also known as autophobia, isolophobia, or eremophobia, monophobia is the fear of being isolated, lonely, or alone. As a phobia, this fear isn't necessarily a realistic one. Though you may know ...