Loneliness
Loneliness 
When talking about loneliness you often picture old people who live of their own and don’t get out much, however a study done in 2023 found that 45% of adults in the UK felt lonely occasionally, sometimes, or often. This is a massive figure almost half of the UK’s adult population felt like there was no one around them to care for them.
Feeling lonely isn’t simply about not having people around or lots friends some people often feel lonely when they are in a healthy relationship or have lots of family around them. This is where people often find it difficult to understand. Those who don’t suffer can’t always wrap their head around the fact you can be lonely while being surrounded by lots of people.
Those who feel lonely offer suffer from another mental health issue and it turns into a viscous cycle of feeling lonely because of other mental health issues and your mental health taking a hit due to feeling lonely.
Some people feel lonely because they feel like no one is there to love and care for them when other people feel lonely because they feel like other people don’t understand them. Either way it can be difficult to support yourself or other people who are suffering.
Just a gentle reassurance that you are there can be the difference of someone having a really bad day to making it slightly better.
In my experience, I opened up to one of my friends who I work with I explained everything going on and how I was feeling recently. His reply was “Zoe you are one of my best friends and I don’t want you to feel that way.” That response alone took me a-back. Although I knew I considered him one of my best friends it was crazy to me that he also saw me that way. It made me think that in reality you don’t know how many people are there for you until it is made known and just how much it can change you outlook on things. In the next couple days I had people I hadn’t spoken to in months reach out and ask how I am. They all had no correlation but in my head it was a sign that although it difficult and a working progress I’m not alone.
And neither are you!
Au revoir
Zoe
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