LIFE IN LOCKDOWN: Feeling Older
Many people feel like they’ve aged significantly since the start of the year.
Doctor Michael Baime says there is an explanation, (quote) “It is exhausting to cope with uncertainty and unfamiliar circumstances. Our vital energy is diminished.”
The result is more gray hairs and not because the hair salons were closed during the lockdown. The restrictions have brought tedium and anxiety. The excitement of going new places and meeting new people has been extinguished.
There’s a physical toll. Many of us feel it in our bones. It’s as if we’ve aged years in a matter of weeks. One person described Zoom like “watching people in prison. I am sick of Zoom exercise classes and tired of Zoom cocktail parties.”