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Honouring Grief

The Idea

One of the most challenging transitions I have experienced has been adjusting to life with a chronic illness. I felt incredibly isolated from others due to not being able to engage in the outside world in the same way that I used to. The grief I was experiencing caused me to isolate myself further, rather than reach out to others. I didn’t know how to navigate the feelings of loneliness that came with this – it was tempting to suppress them, rather than feel them. I started using music to confront them – I found comfort in connecting to an artist expressing similar feelings to mine. A song that I loved, and love to this day, is ‘It’s Okay to Cry’ by SOPHIE.
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If you are aged 18 to 25 years and have experienced loneliness as an early adult, we invite you to share your story. Contribution will be gathering and then shared...

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