Solitudine: “Di solito dico che sto bene, ma la realtà è, quasi tutti i giorni, sono a casa da solo con i miei ricordi”
https://www.irishtimes.com/health/your-wellness/2025/02/24/loneliness-i-usually-say-im-fine-but-the-reality-is-most-days-im-at-home-by-myself-with-my-memories/
di leglath
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> According to the charity Alone – who work with older people, including those who are lonely and isolated – loneliness is a “critical social and public health concern” in Ireland, and affects 20 per cent of the population, making it the highest rate in the EU (average is 13 per cent), with almost 425,980 people living alone. It has a profound impact on people, particularly the elderly, and the latest census figures show that 189,574 people living alone were aged 65+ (44.5% of total), this number having increased from 156,799 in 2016.
And from Seán Moynihan, chief executive of Alone and member of the Loneliness Taskforce:
> The last programme for government contained a commitment to an action plan on loneliness, but that never happened, and that commitment doesn’t feature in the new programme for government. We have a loneliness crisis, so we need to start taking this issue seriously…
Hobbies are the key. Our local day care centre and men’s shed have done a lot in the last couple of years and they always keep an eye out for lads like in the article who have recently lost someone. That and good neighbours, although I have found a lot of the new neighbours keep to themselves and I wouldn’t really see them unless I am passing them on the road. The local pub is a lot quieter.
I mean if people are lonely why don’t they go outside and try to meet people. Join a club. Have a reason to go out. Might not be so lonely then.
People say they are lonely and do nothing about it. They expect someone to turn up at their door and the loneliness will stop.
Edit: Why is this controversial though? What do people disagree with? Maybe some people can’t leave the house due to disability. But if they are able-bodied how do they expect to cure their loneliness by staying at home alone and not interacting with people and having a reason to get up in the morning and something to look forward to outside of work?
I think there is a lack of local facilities everywhere. There should be more clubs for elderly where they can meet. The weather doesn’t help unless you have been always outdoorsy type.
I have a lot of friends, a good few close ones. But it feels like I often slip through the cracks with them, majority all have partners and a wider circle of friends themselves. So I regularly find myself spending days at a time by myself if I’m not at work. I live alone and there have been days where I literally didn’t speak to another person. Everyone always says get a hobby, join a class, but it isn’t that easy. It costs money, it has to fit in with work. It’s a lot sometimes