As the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus (also known as the 'coronavirus') continues to spread across the world, health professionals are continuing to urge people to take certain precautions, such as washing your hands, and only going outside your residence for essentials. In addition to these efforts, health professionals are recommending a practice of social distancing in an effort to slow the spread of the virus. In basic terms, do not hang around other people if you do not have to.
The measures taken by various governments around the world are making citizens stay at home instead of going out and interacting with others. However, I am curious as to what this kind of isolation will do to the human body, and to someone's mental being. For most people, they usually have someone or a group of people to spend time with at their home, such as a significant other, or a family. What about the people that spend their time alone somewhere? I can imagine that loneliness will hit especially hard, as humans need personal interaction in order to feel some sorts of positive feeling within themselves. You can call someone, or send a text, or videoconference, and that will temporarily help with the loneliness, but it cannot replace the personal interaction of seeing and touching someone in the flesh.
As someone who is generally an introvert, I can handle staying at home. I have enough books to read, video games to play, and movies and TV shows to watch. However, when governments and health professionals strongly recommend that you stay at home and limit your interactions with other people as a way to limit the spread of the virus, then I cannot help but become restless. I cannot stand staying at home for an extended period, and I develop a kind of cabin fever. I have to go outside and do things, but I must also respect the recommended procedures stated by health professionals for limiting the spread of COVID-19. I try to go to sparsely populated areas and go for long walks just to get some fresh air and exercise, while also keeping my distance from other people. I also have a hard time contacting people to see how they are doing, as I feel that I am bothering them, but I do try.
This virus has negatively affected many of my spring plans, as well as many others. VIA Rail has cancelled my cross-Canada trip from Toronto to Vancouver, which has left me feeling very down. I am hoping to reschedule in the summer, but that would be hoping the spread of the virus has been contained by then.
These are unusual times in the world right now, and we must all do our part to slow down the spread as much as possible to give suitable time for a vaccine to be developed. It is a lot of change to stomach, but it is for the good of the community.
Anyways, these are my quick thoughts. This too shall pass...I hope.
The measures taken by various governments around the world are making citizens stay at home instead of going out and interacting with others. However, I am curious as to what this kind of isolation will do to the human body, and to someone's mental being. For most people, they usually have someone or a group of people to spend time with at their home, such as a significant other, or a family. What about the people that spend their time alone somewhere? I can imagine that loneliness will hit especially hard, as humans need personal interaction in order to feel some sorts of positive feeling within themselves. You can call someone, or send a text, or videoconference, and that will temporarily help with the loneliness, but it cannot replace the personal interaction of seeing and touching someone in the flesh.
As someone who is generally an introvert, I can handle staying at home. I have enough books to read, video games to play, and movies and TV shows to watch. However, when governments and health professionals strongly recommend that you stay at home and limit your interactions with other people as a way to limit the spread of the virus, then I cannot help but become restless. I cannot stand staying at home for an extended period, and I develop a kind of cabin fever. I have to go outside and do things, but I must also respect the recommended procedures stated by health professionals for limiting the spread of COVID-19. I try to go to sparsely populated areas and go for long walks just to get some fresh air and exercise, while also keeping my distance from other people. I also have a hard time contacting people to see how they are doing, as I feel that I am bothering them, but I do try.
This virus has negatively affected many of my spring plans, as well as many others. VIA Rail has cancelled my cross-Canada trip from Toronto to Vancouver, which has left me feeling very down. I am hoping to reschedule in the summer, but that would be hoping the spread of the virus has been contained by then.
These are unusual times in the world right now, and we must all do our part to slow down the spread as much as possible to give suitable time for a vaccine to be developed. It is a lot of change to stomach, but it is for the good of the community.
Anyways, these are my quick thoughts. This too shall pass...I hope.
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