The pandemic has exhausted us. Time feels heavy and draining. Tuesday was a week. April seemed an eternity. Many of us feel way older than we did eight weeks ago.
Natasha Moskovitz mourns her old existence of only eight weeks ago. “I have a different perspective of life because of this. I feel so out of shape,” says the Haddonfield, N.J. resident. “Maybe this is what retirement feels like.”“I’m always tired. I’m more stressed out than I have ever been,” says Jacqulyn Priestly, 40, of Glenn Dale, Md. She’s caring for three sons — ages 3, 6 and 8 — while working as an energy and infrastructure communications strategist. “I nap more than I ever did before.
There’s a physical toll from coping with constant stress and anxiety. “I have hurt my back from the weight of all of this,” says Jenny Abeling, 37, executive director of Laurelhurst House, an assisted-living facility in Portland, Ore.She took early, aggressive measures when the outbreak began, and no resident or staff member has gotten covid-19, the disease caused by the virus. But Abeling is working 75 hours a week while she and her husband care for an exuberant 5-year-old daughter at home.
“It is exhausting, coping with uncertainty, unfamiliar circumstances, anything that is a deprivation for your regular social context,” says Baime, 64, who is counseling hospital workers via Zoom, a video-call service. “Your vital energy is diminished. You’re more likely to be depressed.”When your daily life shrinks, small things can matter more. Like the weather, the pabulum of conversational palate cleansers. Dinner has achieved outsized importance. It’s the day’s chief variable.
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