Community spirit, influencing and social relations
Do you have people close to you that you can talk to? Do you feel lonely?
You don’t have to be alone with your feelings of loneliness, and asking for help is a sign of strength. Talking to someone you trust or a professional can be an important step forward. Sharing your loneliness lightens the burden and can lead to new connections and support.
Would you like to be part of a community or group? Or would you like to participate in and influence decision-making?
Inclusion means having the opportunity to live a life that reflects who you are and to make choices related to it. It also means belonging to groups that matter to you, doing things together, enjoying the common good, and contributing to it.
It also means having influence over things that are important to you.
Service path: Loneliness
1. Assess your situation
Loneliness is a feeling of isolation or a lack of meaningful relationships. A person can feel lonely even in the company of others. Loneliness may stem from life changes, shyness, or difficulties in forming new relationships, for example. The experience of loneliness does not depend on age or background – it can become part of anyone’s life. It is important to recognise whether feelings such as anxiety or depression might be rooted in the experience of loneliness.
With the test below, you can reflect on how loneliness may be affecting you personally.
2. Self-care programmes for loneliness
You can also receive information and support through the self-care programmes and methods listed below.
Self-care programme for loneliness by Mielenterveystalo/Mentalhub
HelsinkiMission’s workbook to alleviate loneliness
Support for loneliness in everyday student life
More information about mental wellbeing
3. Concerned about loneliness?
Don’t stay alone – help for loneliness is available. Explore the services that can offer a listening ear and conversational support. Talking to someone you trust or a professional can be an important step forward. Sharing your loneliness lightens the burden and can lead to new connections and support.
Conversational support
You can bring up your feeling of loneliness
Conversational support related to loneliness
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You can search for services using keywords or filter the results from the North Savo region by municipality, theme, or target group. You can select more than one municipality, theme, or target group if you wish. You can also choose to view only free services or only digital services.
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