Preventing Isolation and Loneliness - Older People

[@paulcooper5748]

I'm in my 50's and i feel this 24/7 im alone 24/7.

[@justme1234-q4h]

Me too! I am not ok! I have no hope! I am down to 114 lbs and I am isolated and have no one left. I am 59 and feel helpless. No one cares. I haven't seen anyone in years. I cry a lot. My health has declined and I barely get out of bed now. Just too weak. It is hard.

[@msagoo29]

@@justme1234-q4h I hope you're ok?, is there a local community centre near you for likeminded people to meet up?. I'm half your age but would happily introduce you to my big friendly family if you were near me. I really hope things turn around for you.

[@Missusri]

If we are ambulatory, it is okay to take a walk out on a regular basis alone; we do not have to have human company. Being out and see the outside world is good. No need to dress up either. I see people enjoy themselves alone and in T-shirt or basic comfortable outfits all the time. Sometimes we can just wave or smile or say hi.....if you do not feel like doing it, that is fine too. Walking in the fresh air is distraction from loneliness with physical benefits!

[@Angela-sh9rz]

God bless you sweet one, my prayers are with you, being alone is not to good for people who miss family, life is hard and when ya get older it gets harder,but know that Jesus is always with you, you are never alone

[@jimmyhand1259]

Lost my health, lost my sister, lost my dog and my partner to death recently. No family members live in my area. My son cuts the grass, takes trash to the dumpsters when he can. He doesn't enjoy making conversation. Thankfully I have a home, food, TV and books. I'd love to have a housemate again.

[@angelaolson9819]

I hope you find something that fills that void very soon.

[@Angela-sh9rz]

what works for me is always being thankful and grateful for what God has done and given me, God bless you sweetone

[@elisamasilvaalmeida8798]

I'm 29 years old I've been isolated for a long, long time too

[@diannegoode9010]

Loneliness has many causes its not a case of one size fits all. Some of us have struggled all our lives with being lonely. I am 66 l live alone l was unable to work for years ecause of mental health difficulties. I do attend christian meetings but l don't see anyone outside of them.During covid l listened into meetings by phone but did not interact with anyone. I had one friend who would do shopping for me who was my bubble. I did receive a few cards from the others but no other contact. I broke my collar bone during covid andso.edidcome to help. Things have improved a biit more speak to me at meetings but l am still alone too much. I need to get out of the house and thats the difficulty most are too busy with their lives or sick orive too far away.

[@cindysmith6612]

Well this just prompted me to go to the senior center and put up let’s make a new friend sign someone to go out to lunch with someone to go to the movies with someone to just go to the park with and walk the dogs or walk half of my dogs since I have four they’re all the size of a cat though thank you for this I have PTSD so it’s very hard for me to get out the door and when I do I’m so nervous everybody thinks it’s just my menopause well my menopause stopped three months ago so I’ll just let them think it’s still my menopause lolWish me luck and I wish everybody else luck too and I should start going to church once a week yes I’m going to start doing that so I can at least start going outside more I only go out about twice a month to grocery shop and pay my bills

[@GaiaMiranda]

What the hell is this guy talking about? He knows absolutely nothing about it firsthand. You get old you break promises because you can't keep the ones you've made when you wake up that day and you feel terrible. Then the ones who wish you to keep the promises don't understand that you're not the person you were in earlier years so they're disappointed in you and blame you and ask you to apologize for "breaking promises" when its actually being unhealthy and elderly. When you're unable to give that apology because you have to apologize for being yourself, they desert you completely and you never hear from them again and you live life alone in a house apart from anyone you've ever known including your own children and suffer each day in loneliness and you fight off feelings of despair and sadness and try to keep yourself busy in any way you can to avoid facing the true fact that you've been deserted by the ones who said they loved you. That's the truth and the idiot in this video knows nothing about it at all. Prevent loneliness? What a ridiculous statement. What the should be steered toward are the ones that desert the elderly and sickly in their families. It should be titled "Why you shouldn't desert your sick and elderly family members who love you".

[@TaxingIsThieving]

3:12 6:43 8:31 9:02 What help?

[@佩珠黎]

Church

[@mariamichael6660]

10 out of 10

[@batags3388]

lol old people