*Diane came to motherhood later in life. Her little boy *Bobby was her only child, so this experience was very precious to her as something she wouldn’t repeat. So, when the pandemic came she faced the loss of many hopes and dreams she’d had for this once-in-a-lifetime experience and her motherhood story predominantly happened behind… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Loneliness
3 #covid Christmas tips for individuals
This Christmas may be more isolating for some due to the COVID #pandemic. Here at Relate we believe everyone deserves to enjoy a “Happy Christmas”. If you find yourself alone over Christmas, these three tips will help you create something special for yourself: Take time to connect with others. The Christmas season can be the… Read more »
Loneliness affects younger people – much more than older people
Loneliness affects people at all stages of life. But young people, in their late teens and early 20s, are significantly more likely to be affected than older age groups, says a study. Findings show one in 20 adults in England feel lonely often or all of the time – and social media may be exacerbating the… Read more »
Be kind to yourself
We all have a relationship with ourselves, just as we have relationships with the other people around us. We all tend to think of ourselves in a certain way, and might have patterns of behaviour when ‘interacting’ with ourselves. When someone says they ‘don’t like’ themselves, what they’re often describing is having a poor relationship… Read more »
When it feels like a one-sided relationship…
Feeling like your relationship is one-sided can be painful and upsetting. It can make you feel like a spare part in someone else’s life – as if you aren’t as important to your partner as they are to you. There are a variety of things that can make a relationship feel as if it’s one-… Read more »
Loneliness: how we feel about it
Loneliness can be a frightening prospect, and one that can cause us to act in irrational ways. Staying in an unfulfilling relationship because you’re frightened of being alone is a relatively common situation, and one that many people come to individual counselling with for help. It can be tricky to address because the fear of… Read more »
When you feel you’ve lost everything…
There’s more than one type of love. Most of us know of someone who has lost love due to death. Some of us will feel we’ve lost love at the end of a long relationship – when it’s too late to turn back the hands of time to fix. Many of us will have loved… Read more »
Lonely among so many friends
Older people aren’t the only ones who are lonely. A lot has been written about how more older people are living alone and becoming isolated. But what’s not so frequently reported is how younger people – with multiple ‘friends’ online and seemingly endless texting – can feel just as alone. In fact, it can be… Read more »