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Seven Ways to Cope When You Have No Friends in Quarantine

Lockdown. Quarantine. Stay-At-Home. Social-Distancing. Self-isolation. Whatever you call it, we’ve now been doing it for a year. For some of us, the pandemic has provided time alone we didn’t realize we’d been craving. For others, it’s felt like a social prison sentence. Regardless of your introversion/extroversion levels, many have reported increased feelings of loneliness duringContinue reading “Seven Ways to Cope When You Have No Friends in Quarantine”

Get a life! 19 things to do instead of staring at a screen

THE QUARANTINE EDITION! As a mental health clinician, I am a huge proponent of living a screen-limited life. Too much screen time has been linked to anxiety and depression in teens, and I can’t throw a rock without hitting someone who readily admits that they are addicted to their phones. Screens are not inherently bad,Continue reading “Get a life! 19 things to do instead of staring at a screen”