What have you lost while staying inside?

[petra]

A commiseration post for today. Feel free to skip it if you're not in the mood for negativity.

Having to stay inside means we're all losing things we once had, or could have had. What have you lost to the forces that make you stay inside? How do you deal with the grief surrounding those losses?

Comments

[desireearmfeldt]

Live theatre and live roleplaying. Also seeing friends and family in person, of course, but it hasn't been long enough for me to actually feel that lack yet.

(All the extraverts are flipping out and scheduling online social events to make up for the change. For social-but-introvert me, this means a sudden rush of new and different events, organized via FB where I only am in the first place due to fear of missing out, and skewed towards people less close to me and less compatible in their social style.

On the other hand, more bonding with spouse, and I've been doing some one on one socializing and can arrange more.)

[petra]

I think one-on-one socializing sounds like a good plan, and I should arrange more of it in my life. I'm not extroverted enough to need the large groups of people, but I miss seeing other people's faces. I love my spouse dearly, but having a variety of people in my life is a luxury I miss.

[desireearmfeldt]

I find video chats -- or good old fashioned phone calls (remember when friends used to talk on the phone? Or maybe they still do but I basically stopped decades ago) -- can feel very connected and fulfilling.