Single people allowed contact with one other household.

There is no doubt that lockdown measures are having an impact on everyone's mental health.
Seven weeks of no social interaction for people living on their own seems discriminatory.
I suggest people living on their own should be allowed to visit one nominated household.

Why the contribution is important

It keeps the group small but allows interaction and helps their mental health.
I'm a single parent with three teenager who are effectively social distancing within the house. My mental health is suffering greatly and I still have a small amount of interaction. I can't see my partner which is awful, and again I feel like I'm been discriminated against because of financial circumstances which don't allow us to live in the same house currently. However I can put this aside I have to for the sake of my kids. It's the impact of people living alone that concerns me most. My brother has already shown really concerning behaviour because he can't see any family. I have single friends who are really struggling. This rule should be changed immediately to minimise depression and prevent inevitable suicides.

by AJM1977 on May 08, 2020 at 08:01AM

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  • Posted by gmosson May 08, 2020 at 08:47

    To help with loneliness and mental wellbeing I think this should be considered.

  • Posted by Berni May 08, 2020 at 08:51

    Very well put. I live alone and so do a great number of people I know and we feel as if our mental health doesn't really matter. One suicide is one too many. Let us see one other person.

  • Posted by Annmack May 08, 2020 at 09:04

    Definitely support this

  • Posted by mkoerner May 08, 2020 at 09:32

    Fully agree - having a meaningful face to face conversation with friends is so important - as a single person living on my own I have had no opportunity for this since 7 weeks, and many of my friends are in the same situation. Please allow single person households to choose another single person household to form a mini-bubble. Even if it would only be allowed for outdoor meetings - this would dramatically improve my wellbeing and mental health.

  • Posted by MSW68 May 08, 2020 at 09:51

    This is an excellent idea, to allow a single person to mix with 1 other nominated household and should pose little or no risk to spreading Coronavirus.

  • Posted by Dwilliams21 May 08, 2020 at 10:52

    Absolutely agree. It’s much easier for those of use who have a partner at home to share life with

  • Posted by GoingSolo_ May 08, 2020 at 11:23

    I live alone and have had no real human interaction since the lockdown started. My mental health is suffering greatly, and I know friends who also live alone are also struggling.

    Please allow us to interact socially with even one other person.

  • Posted by JohntheHedge May 08, 2020 at 12:25

    I feel allowing single households to partner up would improve the mental health of the individuals involved and would generally improve adherence to other lockdown rules.

    I live alone and have found myself edging more and more into the grey area of behaviors in a desperate desire for human contact. Allowing single households to 'pair up' would massively improve my quality of life by allowing me to see someone regularly and would likely lead to an increase in my ability to follow the lockdown's other rules. It's much easier to limit your general social contact when there is someone that you can connect with more strongly.

  • Posted by Fewcp May 09, 2020 at 01:54

    I agree. You cannot ask us to go day in day out without a friendly face to engage with in real life. What I am saying is no one should be subject to their mental health deteriorating over being scared to save themselves breaking a rule. It just means that person they can see should maybe live alone too and they both agree that they only socialise with each other. Folk wont just sit and have a melt down when they have a friend not far from them. Phones and computers are not enough. My eyes are sore from devices. I'm sick of the artificial ness of it. We primarily need some live interaction as a species.

  • Posted by mmu230 May 11, 2020 at 08:57

    Like many, I support the social bubble ideas with close family or those considered to be family in the comments. I moved to Scotland just before this crisis happened. I have no family and no social circle to speak of yet, and will be unlikely to form any sort of support network whilst restrictions are in place. Being able to go visit elderly parents and my siblings in Wales is my top priority and eagerly await clarification from the Scottish and UK Governments on when and how this might be possible.
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