I am finding life hard at the moment

[SunshineCake]

What came to me was I would love it if a friend texted to say hi, ask how I was, tell me their news. If you know someone is or has been struggling and you don't text much, or even if you do, just send them a little message. I know how much it would mean to me if I received a text. I'm going to send one to a friend in a couple of hours as feels too early now as I'm not sure of their getting up routine. The little things can really make a big difference .

@SunshineCake I agree - little things like that really help people that are struggling and often because people are so busy they don’t intentionally not get in touch but when you’re not feeling your best it can feel like no one cares. I often find I need to start the text conversation
And will continue to make the effort because so many people are struggling right now. Have a great day.

I know how you feel. My DP has been isolating for 2 weeks and I’ve barely heard from him. Found it really hard, as just a quick “hi, how are you? Been thinking of you” goes a long way.

I’ve reached out to a couple of people and had some nice messages in return so I do think I have to learn to help myself a little here too. Waiting for others to contact me ends in tears but when I do reach out inevitably they’re pleased to hear from me and we end up having a nice little chat. With all the ways we can connect these days it’s so sad that we often feel so disconnected from others

I have been texting my second oldest friend more lately as she has had a bereavement but I have kept it up as it has been nice. I have struggled at times when messaging an old friend when we didn't really gel again. I have texted the friend I talked about in the OP and I hope that someone sees this and texts a friend they haven't for a while and gets a good response, or even receives a message.