Going out and joining and meeting and all that is not an option for me now. I'm autistic and at the very best of times it's astonishingly difficult to connect with others, and during this time of mental chaos and strife, it's not something I can do. ...

I'm 59 and live alone after caring for my wife in her dementia for 11 or so years. I have no in person friends, the rest being a few people online I'm friendly with but not close with. Although my mother lives in town, she is not the kind to provide ...