'Suddenly we're putting weekly catch-ups in the diary, and no one is flaking on the plans'
both say that, ironically, social distancing has already made them more sociable.
‘We are, by nature, designed to care and support each other and share resources needed not only for survival but as a way of thriving in the world,’ explains Kirsty Lilley,‘Privacy and times of reflection are helpful for us to maintain equilibrium, but isolation for long periods of time can be detrimental to our emotional health and can cause great distress.
‘This may be a time that we re-evaluate how important our closest friendships are to us and make extra effort to keep connected,’ says Kirsty. We don’t have a clear picture about how long isolation or social distancing will have to go on for, but we do know that we are all in this together, which pulls us closer at the same time as it keeps us physically apart.
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