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There should be a term for people who never really returned from the pandemic's social isolation

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People who haven’t really resumed socializing at levels they used to, people who lost the capacity to regulate during interpersonal interactions, people who lost trust in others… I encounter lots of partial returners out there

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That happens to almost anyone on a long enough timeline. You have to let yourself be uncomfortable while you rebuild those social skills.

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Absolutely. It comes down to exposure therapy, basically. Reacclimation.

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