It may seem to you absurd, I know, but there are some people who have learned to accept the quarantine. Indeed, I will tell you more. For these people, living in quarantine is not bad. This is why, as we get closer, every day, to an expiration date, it is not uncommon for some to start perceive as a sense of nostalgia for this abnormal condition. If you fall into this category, know that everything is normal. There are those who speak of "Stockholm syndrome", a controversial mechanism whereby there is a tendency to develop a sort of emotional attachment towards one's kidnapper. I would rather speak of reassuring custom.
A whole new routine
After the first few days, the most difficult ones, lived at the mercy of emotional crises and mood swings, there is who one is used to it. For them, time has started to flow even faster than before. There are those who have created one new routine out of nowhere, a routine that - perhaps - even turned out to be better than pre-lockdown and that - in function of this - pushed him to review your lifestyle. A routine that will struggle to give up after May 4th. There are those who have embarked on a path in the name of mindfulness, coming into contact with your own me and from this experience a new person will emerge, not necessarily better, no doubt more aware. In short, there are those who understood that the time had come ask yourself questions and give yourself answers.
Quarantine is a subjective experience
Of course, the degree of livability of the quarantine varies from person to person. For some it is undeniably harder than for others. For who is it solo, away from the affections. For those who risk lose the job - or sadly - he has already lost it. For whom, the house is not synonymous with family, but with abuse. Most of the population, in fact, feels imprisoned within the walls of the house e can't wait to get back to normal. If then, of normality, we can still talk about it. Yet in the midst of this chaos of possibility that is mankind, there are those who have managed to grasp all the beauty there is from a condition that has very little beauty.
For some it has meant significant benefits
At the bottom, theforced isolation he also had gods positive aspects which cannot be ignored. Many have took the opportunity to set out to reconquer their time. Get up later, have a quiet breakfast, devote yourself to reading those books accumulated over time and never opened. For others, the key word was: experimentation. They experimented by engaging in all those activities hitherto snubbed or neglected. For some, this has meaning knead your first pizza, For others, try your hand in the oriental discipline of yoga. Someone will continue to do it even after, someone else, however, has already stopped. Not to mention the level of efficiency and productivity which, in some cases, has been remarkably increased by the smart-working mode. A work system where you come free yourself from exhausting journeys on public transport in which human dignity seems a forgotten concept.
The fear of the post-quarantine
Besides, we can't ignore the fear of the future, a feeling that makes the condition of "quarantined" even more attractive. Fear of the unknown, of what comes next, the fear of crowded placesi, the fear of contagions. Yes, because the virus, unfortunately, will not disappear overnight, willy-nilly we will have to learn to live with it, with the virus as well as with fear. How will the work go? What about social life? The intimate sphere? Will it be even more difficult to get to know someone and trust them to the point of - I don't mean making them come into your life - but at least in contact with your pillow? IS go out for dinner? Will it be a prize or a torture? In conclusion, this stalemate, waiting for a new decree, a new bulletin, a new world out there waiting for us, for many it is reassuring and a source of comfort. For this reason, no one should have the ardor to judge the path of others, especially when it comes to feelings, which - you know - they rebel against any logic and they are what is most personal.
Rest assured, everything is normal
So if you feel like it disoriented, if you are worry more about tomorrow than today, although today is anything but rosy, know that you are not alone. But do you know what it is? You don't have to worry. You have managed to preserve your mental balance in a situation that has done everything to put him to the test, with the spirit of adaptation that sets you apart you will be able to accept and, therefore, face everything that will be, however it will be.
