Loneliness is on the rise in Australia and mental health advocates say the response needs to shift away from pity to understanding and action.
"I said to my ex-wife ... 'I think I might be lonely'. And she's like, 'I've been wondering about that'," he said.
"I've since realised that pity is feeling like we're doing something about loneliness, in an understanding way," he said. In regional Victoria, the City of Greater Bendigo has included social connection and the reduction of loneliness, as well as community participation and belonging, as factors in its five-year healthy living strategy.
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