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There should be a term for people who never really returned from the pandemic's social isolation (fedia.io)
submitted 17 hours ago by classic@fedia.io to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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People who haven't really resumed socializing at levels they used to, people who lost the capacity to regulate during interpersonal interactions, people who lost trust in others... I encounter lots of partial returners out there

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[–] Mugmoor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 16 hours ago

Lockdown was a blast! I was paid to do what I always wanted; stay home and do whatever I felt like and not worry about other people.

Now that it's over, I haven't been able to keep a steady job. I've lost all the support I built up for myself in social situations.