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Topic Tuesday // Exploring Loneliness // Tues 18 Sep, 7pm AEDT

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Topic Tuesday // Exploring Loneliness // Tues 18 Sep, 7pm AEDT

For this Topic Tuesday, SANE Help Centre Manager @Former-Member, will be facilitating a discussion that looks at loneliness, how it feels, your thoughts and experiences. This is a topic that comes up a lot for members and with the help of the forum we can find connection, but what other strategies can be put in place? Let’s share and brainstorm together in this Topic Tuesday.

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Jonty8Contributor

Re: Topic Tuesday // Exploring Loneliness // Tues 18 Sep, 7pm AEDT

I think the loneliness epidemic has a lot to do with living in a modern capitalist society. We live in competition with other people, we value possessions and consumer items over spending time with other people, we work long hours (often at anti-social hours) and we've replaced actual meaningful connections with people with social media.

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DeepseaCasual Contributor

Re: Topic Tuesday // Exploring Loneliness // Tues 18 Sep, 7pm AEDT

I've been available for family and friends forever but am invisible to them. The things that are important to me aren't respected or given time in other peoples lives. For some reason this happens to some of us.

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Unknown userMember

Re: Topic Tuesday // Exploring Loneliness // Tues 18 Sep, 7pm AEDT

I agree that a sense of belonging is a really key part of it @MoonGal. And it's something that seems harder to come by in our mobile, quick-changing society. Is it something you've had in the past and hope to again?

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MoonGalSenior Contributor

Re: Topic Tuesday // Exploring Loneliness // Tues 18 Sep, 7pm AEDT

Does anyone have any thoughts about why loneliness has increased to such an extent? What's happening within our society?

Society has become very individuated, consumerism/captialism is geared to fulfilling one's personal 'wants' to the detriment of having one's needs met I think. I am VERY fortuante to have all my material wants and needs met - but the connection with people is what is missing for me.

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Liss23Senior Contributor

Re: Topic Tuesday // Exploring Loneliness // Tues 18 Sep, 7pm AEDT

Very ironic 😛

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Unknown userMember

Re: Topic Tuesday // Exploring Loneliness // Tues 18 Sep, 7pm AEDT

Good point @BlueBay about the impact of disclosing your illness.

I was going to ask everyone here tonight about that. What impact has living with a mental health concern had on the level of loneliness in your life?

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utopiaSenior Contributor

Re: Topic Tuesday // Exploring Loneliness // Tues 18 Sep, 7pm AEDT

I hear you @frog@MoonGal. That connection to your passions is so important and when we isolate ourselves - we also lose that interaction with another who shares the same passion and talks the same language .

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MoonGalSenior Contributor

Re: Topic Tuesday // Exploring Loneliness // Tues 18 Sep, 7pm AEDT

@Former-Member - I have always been an outlier even when working, or part of something bigger like an active unionist, I find connection hard. I am very fortunate to have a great partner, she works - so I am at home alone all day during the week. She is on leave at the moment just habging about home - and we are playing playstation and doing a bit of gardening, itis noce to have company for a change.

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TABSenior Contributor

Re: Topic Tuesday // Exploring Loneliness // Tues 18 Sep, 7pm AEDT

Sounds right re definition

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Liss23Senior Contributor

Re: Topic Tuesday // Exploring Loneliness // Tues 18 Sep, 7pm AEDT

It has everything to do with my mental and physical health. Social anxiety in particular
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