open university loneliness

jaydee1992

i am 32 and i feel very isolated compared to your usual on campus environment. i try to engage and communicate with friends and family but they just find me boring! i am a single mother with a child that has a severe learning disability that also doesn't communicate. i feel like i am losing my mind

Reply 1

SolarBuddhist

Original post

by jaydee1992

I'm an OU student, I get what ur saying about the lonliness. Plus, I'm learning disabled, so I get the stress around those conditions. What do u study?

Reply 2

Anonymous #1

I get that! One thing you should look into is group meetups - My local library has knitting, reading, and writing groups as examples, and maybe you'd also be interested in groups focused on things like parenting? All of these types of clubs are not only great to learn new hobbies, but to also meet up with others who share similar interests! Friendships might develop from these places too

You could also look into making contact with people taking the same course as you - Things like whatsapp groups might be a good way to keep in touch with others, and for a lot of courses these groups already exist. If they don't, try making one! Hopefully many people would be interested