When one Gen Z writer realised it had been two weeks since she last saw a friend, she knew something had to change in her friendships - fast
Sionna can attest that loneliness and depression make for powerful allies ‘It’s been two weeks since I last had a face-to-face conversation.’ These were the lines I wrote in a journal entry back in April 2024. I’d been grocery shopping that day, when it occurred to me that I had made it through an entire bottle of shampoo since I last saw a friend. An entire bottle of shampoo takes me two weeks to use up. I’d been completely alone.
We’re experts at ignoring each other, blanking texts or declining to meet up and dressing it up as ‘self care’ But as someone who has felt lonely for most of her life, I wonder why we are so ready to tune each other out? I understand that we have been raised to rail against obligation – social media is overrun by influencers reassuring their 13-30-year-old followers: ‘You don’t owe anyone anything’ – and, within reason, I do believe there’s nothing wrong with looking after yourself.
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