Solitude and loneliness wearing down even the most connected generation
As the pandemic widens the gap between young adults and their peers, the frontline supports, comfortable confidants and surrogate families usually found in friendships are falling apart.
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4:57The pandemic has pushed young people apart at a point in life where social networks are the most important.4:57
There s a time in life when social contacts are your frontline supports, your comfortable confidants and your surrogate family.
As the pandemic widens the gap between young adults and their peers, more and more say they feel cut off and lost, even with more virtual connections available than any generation before them.
Posted: Jan 30, 2021 12:00 PM ET | Last Updated: January 30
Social expectations of men to not appear vulnerable take on a different dimension for Black men, whose emotions may also be seen as a threat.(Shutterstock)
Living in a pandemic has significantly altered all of our lives. With the restrictions put in place for public safety, many people have been cut off from the things, and people, that have allowed them to maintain a healthy, joyful life. We ve lost our usual outlets for managing our emotions and anxiety, making maintaining a balanced life much more difficult.
With people working remotely, there is no longer healthy separation between work and home, nor is there the ability to disconnect and escape daily work stresses (or the stress associated at home by not leaving for work).
They may not be suffering the most severe physical effects of the pandemic, but the mental health of young adults in Quebec taken a greater hit than any other group.
Posted: Jan 26, 2021 7:00 AM NT | Last Updated: January 26
Kristi Allan, Dr. Janine Hubbard and Dr. Nazir Ladha discuss mental health services in Newfoundland and Labrador on a Here & Now panel.(CBC)
Since her diagnosis of bipolar disorder, Kristi Allan says, she s been fighting her way through the mental health-care system in Newfoundland and Labrador.
During a mental-health panel on CBC s
Here & Now on Wednesday, the Petty Harbour-Maddox Cove woman said it s a struggle she s had to face alone. I feel like I ve been on my own, that it s been up to me to fight for myself to get the appointments, just to say what s going on, she said