If you were long distance, you're now long distance on steroids because you can't see that person.

It's not like you can say three weeks from now I'm going to see you.

That has been extremely difficult for people.

If you were living under the same roof, you now have the

extreme version of that where you can't go out and have a break for half a day

from that person. If you were single, you feel really single right now because you're seeing all of your friends who are either in the house with their boyfriend or some people even moving in with their exes and you're now at home on your own and feeling this kind of existential

loneliness. So there's a lot of extremes right now and I think that's the thing that

people are struggling with.

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