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Lonely

NAS96108
6 days ago

Writing on behalf of my daughter.. she is extremely isolated and would love to make new friendships . Any advice would be appreciated . She is 28 

  • 4 days ago

    find her common interests she may share with others and start there. We are not natural joiners of things but a common interest will go a long way towards making her feel at home with others.. SCi fi? com-icon? Barbie? Disney? Find that special interest and go from there.

  • 4 days ago

    Hi,

    I was isolated for over 20 years, but was referred to an organization called Creative Support by my local community mental health team.

    Creative Support provided me with a support worker and access to the social inclusion groups that they run and after a while of attending these groups with my support worker, my anxiety was massively reduced and I even made a few friends there.

    Perhaps there is a similar organisation where you are that could provide your daughter with a support worker?

    As others have mentioned this forum is full of great people, can't believe I forgot about this place for 2 years.

  • 5 days ago

    Hi and welcome to the community.

    You and/or your daughter might find the advice in these NAS articles helpful:

    NAS - Loneliness

    NAS - Making Friends - Guides for autistic people, parents and carers, on making friends and socialising

    Perhaps she might also like to join this community? We're a friendly bunch :)

  • 5 days ago

    I'd advise her to contact Mark on here. Does she live in Scotland?

    I'm extremely isolated and would love to make new friends too. 1 of my other (online) friends is 28 aswell.

  • 6 days ago

    Awe that’s a shame for your daughter I’m a 24 year old guy so I am maybe not the kinda friend your daughter would be looking for but maybe you could tell her or something I dunno. I am looking to meet new friends also. I can be friends with anyone as I am very friendly. Does your daughter not have any friends? Have you tried sending her to college she might meet friends there. She is still really young you know? I am sure lots of people want to be her friend. Gaurantee it.

  • 6 days ago in reply to NAS96108

    Yeah I've only been actively using this space for a few weeks and I've already met some very friendly people, both male and female. And plenty of people who themselves are looking for friendships.

  • 6 days ago

    I think she'd benefit from posting on here herself so she can connect with people.