Scots pensioner, 81, with no family near home takes anti-depressants to combat loneliness

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A Scots pensioner with no family near her home is now taking antidepressants to combat loneliness.Emma Chrichton began medicating earlier this year after she said the pandemic left her “lacking in confidence."The 81-year-old, lives in Balerno, but said she doesn’t “have family in Edinburgh at all.” Her husband died seven years ago and her three children are scattered across the UK in Pitlochry, East Kilbride, and Hertfordshire.

The lonely OAP shared that Sundays are some of the hardest days to be alone since they used to be spent with family and told Edinburgh Live : “Very often on weekends I'm on my own because [my children] are doing things with their own families.” “I don't have family in Edinburgh at all.

I had the family all in Edinburgh when we moved from Dumfries 38 years ago. My husband died eight years ago in January. Since then, my family have all moved away from Edinburgh as well.

Sunday was usually a family day.”Emma is healthy and loves to go on walks around her village but said that when the weather is too poor to go out, she can feel more isolated and expllained: “In winter evenings, when the curtains are pulled at night, I feel quite alone.