Jaffna Carers Network
Practical help for people dealing with loneliness and alcohol recovery, plus a weekly drop-in.
Evenings and weekends
For days that are heavy, grey or impossibly long. Talk with people in Sri Lanka who know what it is like, find help near you, and join the worldwide circle too. Free, always.
Next gathering in the Sri Lanka circle: Weekly check-in ยท
Practical help for people dealing with loneliness and alcohol recovery, plus a weekly drop-in.
Evenings and weekends
Run by people who have been through anxiety and panic and ocd themselves.
Tue to Sat, 10 to 6
Free emotional support from trained listeners, online and anonymous, in many languages.
24/7
โIf you've just found this place, I was in the same place eighteen months ago. I remember losing interest in football like it was yesterday. I've started painting again. You get yourself back in pieces. Praying for you.โ
โReading this late at night? I've been there. I was right where you are two years ago. It was losing interest in football and I couldn't see past it. I can talk about it now without falling apart. It's slow, but it does come back. xโ
โSorry if this is a lot. Please be gentle with yourself. I wasn't, and it made everything harder. The breathing thing where you breathe out longer than in actually works for me. And talk to someone, even if it's just in here.โ
โIf you're at the start of this, I won't pretend it's easy, the first few months were the worst of my life. But I'm writing this from the other side, and some days now I forget to be sad, the breathing thing where you breathe out longer than in actually works for me so go slowly.โ