While the argument that loneliness has a detrimental impact on health & well-being is well made, the Q. is whether this should then be the responsibility of the NHS to address?

While I agree that society *does* need to do more about loneliness, this seems me to be an issue for other agencies not to be added to an overstretched health service.

(Many may suspect that this is one more social harm that is caused by the expansion of social media use?)

#loneliness #society
https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/blog/2026/05/26/loneliness-cost-to-nhs/

Men and Women Should Be Optimists About Love, Not Heteropessimists

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/31/opinion/heteropessimism-straight-dating-love.html

PAUL MCCARTNEY'S 'HEY JUDE' VERSE RESONATES AS A MEDITATION ON ALONENESS

Paul McCartney's 'Hey Jude' lyric is being discussed for its meaning on loneliness and vulnerability. Fans find shared understanding in the words.

#HeyJude, #PaulMcCartney, #Beatles, #Loneliness, #SongLyrics

https://newsletter.tf/paul-mccartney-hey-jude-lyric-loneliness-meaning/

A lyric from Paul McCartney's 'Hey Jude' from 1968 is now being seen as a deep message about feeling alone. This is similar to how people share other wise words.

#HeyJude, #PaulMcCartney, #Beatles, #Loneliness, #SongLyrics
https://newsletter.tf/paul-mccartney-hey-jude-lyric-loneliness-meaning/

Oh geez, why does it feel like gravity doubled this morning? Oww.
Why did I have such titillating and controversial dreams last night!? I can't possibly pick it apart with my partner. WTF does it mean? :/
Ugh. Out of my fav deodorant, and this back up one is shit. Fuck Lume, it smells rank. Omg, I don't smell like myself. Guess I have to fork it over again for tiny amounts of tolerable deodorant.
Fuck, my sodium intake is really effecting my BP, maybe that's why I feel like shit? Omg am I one of those olds that has to eat carefully now, austere in diet? Fuck!
Bridge toll $8.50, criminal.
Ugh. I smell like someone else. Ew.
Damn I'm tired, thirsty, lonely...
Man,I used to be able to get a cappuccino, and a pastry for less than five bucks. Fuck I really want to stop for coffee and some moral support. Can't, that will up my sodium levels and cost more than the bridge toll. Boo.
Thank god I have a few minutes before work, public facing. I'm not dead or dying. I will survive. I do like people, I swear, I am a good person! Right?

#ADHD #perimenopause #loneliness

Feeling invisible can be exhausting, especially when “having purpose” gets replaced by constant productivity. This short reflects on loneliness, burnout, and the quiet guilt of never feeling like you’re doing enough. A reminder to slow down, notice what you actually need, and choose mindful progress over endless output.

#Loneliness #Burnout #MindfulProductivity #Growth #MentalHealth

[Continued post] I just had a cup of coffee with somebody

I few weeks ago, I wrote ( https://piefed.blahaj.zone/c/[email protected]/p/768289/seeking-advice-on-breaking-isolation ) that I am having problems with loneliness, both as a cause for and as an effect of my depression. In a later post ( https://piefed.blahaj.zone/c/[email protected]/p/778598/continued-post-i-took-your-advice ), I went on saying that I had taken your advice and asked a person out for a cup of coffee. Today, I met with that person. This is that story. *Law and Order sound*

We met at a rather quiet café where there were not too many people, but also not as few as to make any silence in our conversation awkward. I had been so nervous about this meetup, since I had no idea what to expect, no idea what they were expecting and no idea what is “supposed” to happen at a meeting like this. If a perceivably cisman asks a perceivably ciswoman out for coffee, is the only possible interpretation that it is a date with the purpose of finding a potential romantic partner? Or is it okay to just meet and talk to a person to have a nice, cozy chat about a topic that we both can relate to? My anxious thoughts were, and still are to some extent, endless.

As they turn up - I had arrived early in order to secure a table - they are perceivably nervous, but not awkwardly so. I am probably also the same. We order food and coffee and we talk for two and a half hours about our experiences living abroad and about life in general. We could’ve kept talking if they hadn’t noticed the time and said that they had an appointment at a beauty parlor. I made them company half way, since I was going in the same direction. As we said goodbye, they thanked me for the chat and said “let’s keep in touch”. Twice they said so.

As Pam in the US version of The Office said, “it wasn’t a love connection”. My thoughts right now:

In any case, I again would like to express my thanks to this amazing community that inspired me to go out of my comfort zone and try talking to people. Have a great day! ❤️