Two young women share their experiences of loneliness.
Here’s some of their advice.“I created this rule for myself if I felt that any experience was isolating, whether that had been a succession of bad dates or whether a week where I felt myself pitching into the abyss and not getting much feedback, I was going to then speak about it to someone who might understand”, says Francesca.
“Even though this is probably not going to lead to some really deep friendships, it starts rebuilding those connections with other people and reminding you that we're all in this together.”“In the BBC Loneliness Experiment, we asked people what they thought the best solutions were, and the one that came out at number one in the list was distracting yourself with other activities”, says Claudia. “Find something that really, really absorbs you.
“It’s crucial to have people around you who are going through the same. A lot of my friends are new mothers right now and, rather than be jealous, I actively say that's so wonderful that you spend every Friday night with your new mum friends.”“There's really good evidence that people's thinking becomes more negative while they're feeling lonely”, says Claudia. “So, you are likely to then interpret signals from other people more negatively.
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