@Help56 @Anchorchain @Livelife @Waves
Several people mentioned a support thread for members with no family or friends so I thought I'd start one, since it's 5AM and I can't sleep. I do have a brother at present (although he may have a serious illness) and am married. However I have had family members and friends die, I have no children and my husband is 10 years older, and we recently moved to a new city. My few remaining friends are hours away. I feel pretty isolated although of course I'm grateful to have the people I have.
Many of my online friends (from here and other mental health forums) are very isolated and have little to no family or friends IRL. I am shocked how many people on these forums have no close contacts. Even young people who have not endured bereavement.
So guys... take it away. Connect on here and maybe share ideas for making some connections IRL. Below I will post a link to an earlier post I made with suggestions for finding friends. I really do recommend Meetup as it has helped me to at least make casual friends through writers' groups and so on. I plan to attend other some of the other Meetup groups in my city as well (I saw walking groups, meditation and board games.) The groups are often free or cheap.
Also for practical aspects of living alone. How do you deal with security, or emergency contacts? There is an app called Snug where you check in every day, and if you don't it will call a contact for you, or possibly emergency services. There are bracelets now where you can tap the charm twice and it will call 911. I'm sure smartwatches must have something like that too. So important if you have pets too, in case anything happens to you.
I'm big on personal protection and have pepper spray and a personal alarm. The pepper spray I don't carry around - it's only for if someone were to break into our home.
There are some cases where you need someone to pick you up after a medical procedure. My city does have volunteers who will pick up and drop off seniors from a medical appointment. Not sure if this is acceptable to the health providers - I think I was told I had to have a family member pick me up after my colonoscopy. It's stupid - when I was there I realized I could have just walked out afterwards. My husband doesn't drive. When I had an endoscopy I refused the anaesthetic so I could take the bus home - the procedure was uncomfortable but not too bad. Surely they must realize not everyone has someone to pick them up.
https://www.suicideforum.com/commun...people-wanting-friends-irl-and-online.167553/
Several people mentioned a support thread for members with no family or friends so I thought I'd start one, since it's 5AM and I can't sleep. I do have a brother at present (although he may have a serious illness) and am married. However I have had family members and friends die, I have no children and my husband is 10 years older, and we recently moved to a new city. My few remaining friends are hours away. I feel pretty isolated although of course I'm grateful to have the people I have.
Many of my online friends (from here and other mental health forums) are very isolated and have little to no family or friends IRL. I am shocked how many people on these forums have no close contacts. Even young people who have not endured bereavement.
So guys... take it away. Connect on here and maybe share ideas for making some connections IRL. Below I will post a link to an earlier post I made with suggestions for finding friends. I really do recommend Meetup as it has helped me to at least make casual friends through writers' groups and so on. I plan to attend other some of the other Meetup groups in my city as well (I saw walking groups, meditation and board games.) The groups are often free or cheap.
Also for practical aspects of living alone. How do you deal with security, or emergency contacts? There is an app called Snug where you check in every day, and if you don't it will call a contact for you, or possibly emergency services. There are bracelets now where you can tap the charm twice and it will call 911. I'm sure smartwatches must have something like that too. So important if you have pets too, in case anything happens to you.
I'm big on personal protection and have pepper spray and a personal alarm. The pepper spray I don't carry around - it's only for if someone were to break into our home.
There are some cases where you need someone to pick you up after a medical procedure. My city does have volunteers who will pick up and drop off seniors from a medical appointment. Not sure if this is acceptable to the health providers - I think I was told I had to have a family member pick me up after my colonoscopy. It's stupid - when I was there I realized I could have just walked out afterwards. My husband doesn't drive. When I had an endoscopy I refused the anaesthetic so I could take the bus home - the procedure was uncomfortable but not too bad. Surely they must realize not everyone has someone to pick them up.
https://www.suicideforum.com/commun...people-wanting-friends-irl-and-online.167553/
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