I am gonna watch a #studioGhibli movie (as yet undecided) if anybody wants to join in for a very lazy #watchParty. I won't have the cog to toot, but will follow along and ⭐boop your toots.
Or we can even be tootless, and just know someone out there is also watching the same movie.
My soul is weary. TV-wise I have found myself down a rabbit hole of kindness - bender watching: dog rescue shows, Queen's Gambit, Queer Eye, even the Mister Rogers movie (which has a rather loving exploration of some dark feelings). I desperately need to see people finding paths through their difficulties, and the surprises of kindness that accelerate that.
Whatcha all watching to fill you up, give you a bit o hope for humanity?
Hey my lovies, am still recovering my cognition post covid, it has really crushed my social juice and my ability to word. I surface to toot when I can to stay connected to ya'll, but often fall down in conversation.
So please take all my ⭐boops and emojis as full of all the love and enjoyment of your comments and thoughts and lolz when I can't say more.
I often lurk and just enjoy as it rolls by, even if I can't ignite my brain enough to interact.
In the meantime, we have soft started a mastondon group as a tool for folks to find community, reach out when they are bored, share your silly online events or meatspace ideas to help shake is all out of our isolation.
And nothing would make me happier than to see folks follow @lonelinesscorps and tag their toots to cross some silos, get to know and support each other.
I will enliven it when I can, and will be utterly tickled to see others spark it up as well. 💖
@lonelinesscorps
The thing I struggle the most with loneliness wise is my cognition. I often just don't have the words for banter and especially miss having deep chats on a variety of topics. This is particularly frustrating when I am physically isolated and online stuff is my main way to connect.
I long to be in a room full of people all quietly not talking, just being physically present.
If you haven't used mastondon groups before, guppe works like those old school email lists where you tag the list (or guppe group in this case) and it forwards to all the folk on this list (or boosts to all following the group for guppe)
So when you mention @lonelinesscorps your toot broadcasts to anybody who is following the acct; and if your following, anybody chatting about projects/events/ideas or just looking to connect will show up in your timeline. #lonelinessCorps
Excellent article on loneliness, not just on the support and social aspect, but the problems with not feeling you have any control.
“Loneliness has always been explained as a deficit in the satisfaction of one’s communion or relational needs,” Ybarra says. “But in addition to communion needs, individuals also need agency, personal control and choice, and not meeting this need should also affect experienced loneliness.”
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we'll use this as a vehicle to help people connect both when they are feeling lonely (peer support) and as a place to share resources and projects for community building online or irl.
Plus need ~12 trunkies to help enliven the group and get the conversations rolling. Ping me if ya wanna help (especially if yer lonely). #loneliness#lonelinessCorps#mentalHealth