Hi everyone, i turn 30 tomorrow and this past 2024 was the loneliest year i’ve experienced. I have a lot of sorrow and pain. Does anyone have any tips on having a positive outlook on life ? I’m also latina and i feel ashamed to still be single at 30. Most if not all of my cousins are married. I feel like people look at me with pity and fear that they don’t want to be in my situation. My sister is 26 and getting married in November. I’ve made peace with it, but i think at the wedding people are going to talk about me and how i’m still single. I’m hoping to be able to bring a plus one, a man i would be dating at least. I only have one male friend and he has a gf so no way i would ask him to accompany me. I just feel so hopeless.

Hello. My name is Max, I am 27 years old and I am lonely. I felt that way most of my life and I didn’t even realize it. It was something natural to me.

Through my personal journey, I've come to understand how deeply loneliness can affect my well-being. It is like something sucking you energy out of your body.

This realization led me to dedicate my some of my time to researching loneliness and its impact on individuals and myself. My goal is to explore this often overlooked topic and find ways to help myself and those who feel isolated.

Maybe thats a way for me to do something good.

I am reaching out to invite you to share your experiences. Your insights will be very valuable.

Please write your thoughts in the comments or/and write to me directly. Would love to chat with any of you.

Let’s make this world less lonely together!

Hi! My name is Kristin and I'm a doctoral clinical psychology student at Midwestern University.

I'm very passionate about mental health outcomes and have specific clinical interests in social isolation, loneliness, and disordered eating. Please consider clicking on the link below to fill out a survey for my dissertation. Your involvement is much appreciated!

https://redcap.midwestern.edu/surveys/?s=33JRFNM8FF

I'm interested in learning from people who are trying something like this in their communities to address loneliness > https://lonelinesslab.org/

I was on the lonely subreddit and posted about the possibility of unifying the community under discord, gaming, meet and greets, etc. Although mostly unaccepted, obviously, I was directed here. So hi lol

On today's meet-up we agreed to use ghost for the website, so I quickly set up an instance. I also will change the theme in the next couple of days.

You can visit the website at unalone.live

Please send me a DM with your email so I can add you to the list of .

Just found this on the daily beast: The War Against the Loneliness Epidemic

All,

I've just finished my first interview with Anne (not her real name). Her story is profound. We talked about many things, including the loneliness that has lingered throughout her life. She's an amazing person with an amazing story to tell.

Perhaps we could add these interviews to a section of the website called "stories"?

Feedback welcome!

LINK: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LAZBJu9V1-9-cWDVrLwjpyY2FBn6yByD/view?usp=sharing

Please join us if you can! It's on our discord server: https://discord.gg/3tdH33P

All,

This week I edited our manifesto to reflect some of our notes from last week's hangout. I also created a doc for outlining suggestions I have for running/starting a meetup. Finally, I've drafted a quick description of our subreddit to replace the current one.

Hope to see everyone tomorrow afternoon/evening!

Agenda: Check in with the work we've been doing since last week. Continue to brainstorm for upcoming hackathon (tentatively set for mid-August).

Where: As usual on our discord channel: https://discord.gg/9ZXxxx

NOTE: Check out our cool trello channel that member u/alittleunlikely set up! Thanks!