I can't remember at what point I realized that I would probably go two years without a hug. Nobody knew how much worse the pandemic would get, but I knew I would be stuck in place for the duration. My friends felt a world away. Phone calls with my family had become strained. I couldn't tell how they were really doing or articulate how I was handling the stress. The fact is I had stopped showering altogether, and I was watching the Lord of the Rings movies repeatedly.
[NOTE: The author was a Peace Corps volunteer in Central Asia during the bird flu pandemic in 2004.]
- From The Loneliness Epidemic: Why So Many of Us Feel Alone and How Leaders Can Respond by Susan Mettes
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