Giving can create connection when pride would have kept people separate.

Accepting help lets someone in. So does offering it. Pride keeps people at a comfortable, lonely distance from each other, and an exchange of practical help is often what breaks that open when nothing about feelings could have.

If there is somebody you have drifted from, try asking them for something small and real. It sounds counterintuitive and it works. Being needed is one of the most direct routes back to being close.