Think about your online relationships and complete the following exercise.
Exercise: What do I look for in real-life relationships?
Using the table below, write down the things you value about real-life relationships and then what you could do to achieve these.
| Value | Action |
| Intimacy | Express how I feel more |
| Time together | Join a weekly salsa class together |
Some people don’t have as many offline relationships as they would like. If this applies to you then this will be covered in more detail in the planning for a good life module.
If you feel lonely then the following exercise can be helpful to start thinking about how you have been coping with those feelings and how you can cope more positively in the future.
Exercise: How do I cope with isolation or loneliness?
| Situation or event | Negative Strategy or behaviour Including thoughts and feelings | Positive Strategy or behaviour Including thoughts and feelings |
| Living alone. Feeling isolated. | Going online into chat rooms, engaging in sexual chat. Felt excited at first but afterwards guilty and ashamed. | Take Spanish lessons. Feel scared at first session but afterwards happy. |