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A weekly phone friend for Mercedes, recovering at home after a major depressive episode
Mercedes is housebound after a major depressive episode and is looking for a friendly, patient person for a weekly call.
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After a major depressive episode, I have been mostly housebound for 10 weeks. My family live far away, and the days can feel very long. I'm not looking for therapy - I've that covered - but for conversation.
I'm hoping for someone who can call for about 30 minutes once a week whenever suits us both. I like music, books and gardening, and can listen to anything.
This can be from anywhere in the world as long as you speak English. We can arrange the calls through the platform, with email shared only when we're both comfortable.
Thanks for even thinking about it.
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- effort
- 30 minutes a week
- format
- Online or by phone
- skills
- listening, patience
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People who offered to help
- Sandeep M. Dwivedi 🇮🇳
I live about 16 km from Barcelona. I can help at the weekend, tell me what you need. Flexible on timing.
- Anna Anne De Jong 🇳🇱
I live about 11 km from Barcelona. I can help at the weekend, tell me what you need Free this month.
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Praying for you, Mercedes. Look after yourselves too, caregivers need rest. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money
Sending love, Mercedes. It takes guts to ask. Well done. My neighbor had a similar thing happen so this one hit home.
best of luck. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. I hope October is when things finally get easier.
get well soon. It's not much but it's yours. Greetings from Da Nang.
Rooting for you. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. Greetings from Fayetteville
So sorry you're going through this, Mercedes. I hope things turn around soon. All the best
I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Thinking of Barcelona.
Wishing you peace. It takes guts to ask. Well done. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. Greetings from Badagry