{"id":31992,"date":"2023-06-14T09:54:59","date_gmt":"2023-06-14T08:54:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/activecaregroup.co.uk\/?p=31992"},"modified":"2023-06-14T09:56:38","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T08:56:38","slug":"loneliness-awareness-week-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/activecaregroup.co.uk\/loneliness-awareness-week-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Loneliness Awareness Week 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Loneliness Awareness Week 2023 is from 12th<\/sup> \u2013 18th<\/sup> June. The annual campaign raises awareness of loneliness across the UK (and beyond) and gets people talking (Marmalade Trust 2023<\/a>).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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What is Loneliness Awareness Week?\n<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Loneliness Awareness Week is hosted by Marmalade Trust<\/span><\/a>. Marmalade Trust<\/span><\/a> is the only charity in the world specifically dedicated to raising awareness of loneliness.<\/p>

Loneliness Awareness Week is all about creating supportive communities by having conversations with family, friends, or colleagues about loneliness. Loneliness is a natural human emotion – we are hardwired to need social connections. By talking about it, we can support ourselves and others (Marmalade Trust<\/a> 2023).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Understanding Loneliness<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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There is stigma surrounding loneliness and who is likely to be lonely. Older people can be particularly vulnerable to isolation and loneliness, but it is important to remember that loneliness can affect people of all ages. Marmalade Trust<\/span><\/a> aim to change the viewpoint of loneliness by getting people talking about \u2018the times they have personally felt and experienced loneliness, how we can accept it, understand it, and how to take action to manage the feeling (and our social connections) in the future\u2019 (Marmalade Trust<\/a> 2023).\u00a0<\/p>

Loneliness is a very personal experience and can look and feel different for everyone. The ways in which one person feels lonely might be completely different to someone else. \u00a0<\/p>

It can sometimes be impossible to know if a person feels lonely from the outside, but loneliness can make people feel extremely low and isolated on the inside. Marmalade Trust<\/span><\/a> found that more than 9 million people in the UK say they often or always feel lonely<\/strong>.<\/p>

When you feel like you don\u2019t have anyone around to support you, this is when loneliness can take control and affect your mental health. Research shows that loneliness is linked to the risk of certain mental health problems such as depression, anxiety, poor phobias, poor self-esteem, and sleep issues (Marmalade Trust<\/a> 2023).<\/p>

Being alone can feel positive when you are in control of it. Mind UK<\/span><\/a> state that some people \u2018describe loneliness as the feeling we have when our need for social contact and relationships isn\u2019t met. But loneliness isn\u2019t the same as being alone. You may feel content without much contact with other people. Others may find this a lonely experience.\u2019<\/p>

Chronic loneliness is also something people might experience. Chronic loneliness is when feeling lonely goes on for a long period of time.<\/p>

While feeling lonely is not a mental health problem, having a mental health problem can lead to feeling lonely.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Causes and Signs of Loneliness<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Certain experiences and events in our lives can make us feel lonely. For example:<\/p>