How to Cope With Quarantine Fatigue
How to Cope With Quarantine Fatigue
By Sara Lindberg, M.Ed | May 11, 2020
We also miss and crave contact with other people, especially since we are social creatures. While a few weeks of separation may have felt tolerable (possibly even a welcome change), psychotherapist, Dana Dorfman, Ph.D., says social urges and needs are intensifying and we’re craving more human connection. She also points out that this crisis mode that many of us are operating in is difficult to sustain. “As people’s awareness heightened about the virus, we went into crisis mode, developing a sense of urgency, anxiety, and quick decision making,” she says. However, Dorfman says this physiological state is not sustainable, and eventually, the dust settles, the mind acclimates, and reality sets in — hence, quarantine fatigue.
