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Originally Posted by Discombobulated
This is a completely understandable and valid feeling in response to your home working/living alone. I am sorry your friend responded in a way you felt unsupported and invalidated by.
I notice this on Facebook a lot. People post "I feel..." and then other people respond "Well I feel something different" .
What you wrote about home working is something I hear from the other home workers I know. They are grateful for many aspects but also feel isolated at times. I heard some places where they go in one day a week and that seems to help a lot. People need people!
Personally I have worked outside the home throughout and although it has its downsides I know it's what's kept me this side of sane, being physically amongst people.
So although I have no solution to offer you I can offer heartfelt empathy.
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Thank you for the kind words and understanding - you have no idea how much that means to me!
I think maybe posting that link was also a bit of a cry for help without wanting open up too much. Obviously that was a fail. Don't know if other people just don't care or if Facebook's bloody algorithms didn't even show the post to most people.
It's also difficult that I started this job already in home office. We got a bunch of newbies this month and now the team chat is getting a bit more active. Before that there wasn't even that much communication at all.