Reframing Loneliness Workbook

You can be lonely in a full office, and many people are. Promotion, a move or a run of long weeks will do it, and it is not something most of us say out loud.

This short workbook starts by asking what loneliness brings up for you, and then draws a line between loneliness and solitude. One is being alone and minding. The other is being alone and using it.

What's inside

• Seven questions, including what the difference is between loneliness and solitude, and what solitude is good for
• A free-writing exercise on your answers
• A list to make of things you can do when you feel lonely
• Affirmations to write, with four examples, such as "I can find joy and peace in solitude"
• A list of ways to make the most of time alone
• A list of people you can reach out to

The last list is the one I'd fill in first. Reframing time alone is useful, and it shouldn't become a reason to stop contacting people.

This is a reflective exercise of a few pages. It is not a substitute for professional support, and it will not fix isolation that has gone on for months. If loneliness is weighing on you, talk to your GP, and you can call Samaritans on 116 123 (UK) at any hour.

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