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Jane Harrison's avatar

Hi Reema. When I first heard the stats about the impact of social isolation being similar to that of smoking on health I was pretty shocked. But I guess it makes sense.

Shift MS, an international social network for people with Multiple Sclerosis also offers a 1-1 buddy system - https://shift.ms/the-buddy-network. Whilst not traditionally pen-paling, people are matched and can exchange emails, texts and have video calls. I'm planning to volunteer at some point.

Thanks for reminding me about the scenario cards - wow the two examples you've given so far have deeply resonated with me and I've only had the conversation with myself so far!

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Reema Baniabbasi's avatar

Hi Jane! Apologies it has taken me a while to get back to your comments on my posts! Thank you for this wonderful resource! I would be curious to hear about your experience if you do end up volunteering. Appreciating that the cards have so far resonated for you.

I have lately been detoxing from social media so that I can put more focus into reading other people's newsletters like yours. I love how much my mind slows down when I read newsletters rather than scroll through feeds but at same time I don't want to rush through reading either.

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