2020 Is the Year of ‘No New Friends’—Here Are the Potential Effects of Not Socializing
2020 Is the Year of ‘No New Friends’—Here Are the Potential Effects of Not Socializing
Morgan Mandriota | July 9, 2020
According to mental-health professionals, the effects of not socializing the way we’re used to isn’t necessarily all bad news. “Quarantines, social distancing, and physical disconnection have illuminated people’s deep-seated feelings about their relationships and social connections,” says psychotherapist Dana Dorfman, PhD. The absence of how we previously connected has led some people to long for more human interaction and reach out to more people than normal (even if only digitally). It’s led others to experience loneliness, and still others to feel unexpected attachment to seemingly insignificant relationships, she says.