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How to handle loneliness — right now

Moves for when the isolation's heavy tonight.

The house is quiet, the night's long, and there's no one to call.

Right now

  • Make one bit of contact — text a mate, ring family, even a 'how's things'.
  • Get out among people — a walk, the gym, the shops, anywhere there's life.
  • If it's heavy, MensLine 1300 78 99 78 is there, any hour, for exactly this.

Don't

  • Don't sink into the couch and the bottle — it deepens it.

Later

  • Loneliness lifts faster with a regular thing to turn up to. Worth setting one up.

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Loneliness: the short version

  1. 1.Make one bit of contact today. Reach out first.
  2. 2.Get among people — presence counts.
  3. 3.Get off the feed — it's a highlight reel.
  4. 4.Bolt connection to a regular activity.
  5. 5.Heavy tonight? MensLine 1300 78 99 78, any hour.
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