Now a friend of mine, posted the following, from the DailyMail.co.uk, on Facebook, today:
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Does anyone know about this?
The reason: people who help people for a living (social workers)...do get burdened by the heavy load of dealing with other people's stresses...they can become overwhelmed, if not given psychological counselling, on a regular basis.
Now, I'm not condoning the callousness of Simone's Facebook 'friends'....but what about Simone's "real" friends..outside of Facebook?
Didn't they see the signs?
Let this be a lesson to people who feel they can foster friendships on Facebook and other social networks and keep these friendships solely online.
Friends, by definition, are people who are there for you, when you need them...
They support you through thick and thin.
Online friends, are in many cases, thousands of miles away.
They can send you best wishes...hail you up...but in reality, they aren't there for you.
People, please try to foster true friendships, offline, with people who are near to you...who can check in with you from time to time if you live alone.
True friends are there, touchable and available...'friends' aren't.