"Who's going to take care of my dog when I die?" Callers have revealed some very personal things to me throughout my time volunteering at a loneliness support helpline, but for some reason this was the first time I welled up. I was speaking with a middle-aged man living in rural Western Australia. He told me he has cancer and probably has one year to live. I was the second person after his Mum who he’d told this to; he had no-one else to talk to at that moment, and just wanted to tell someone else.
Beautiful piece Aron. One can't help thinking that there's a correlation between the 18-24 yr age group feeling so lonely and this also being the group that uses social media the most
Beautiful piece Aron. One can't help thinking that there's a correlation between the 18-24 yr age group feeling so lonely and this also being the group that uses social media the most