Spending time alone could assist us regulate our feelings
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Solitude
Netta Weinstein, Heather Hansen and Thuy-vy T. Nguyen (Cambridge College Press)
In recent times, many people have come to narrate otherwise to the time we spend alone. The globally imposed lockdowns in response to the covid-19 pandemic abruptly curtailed many individuals’s social networks and sources of help. Some struggled and jumped to restart their social lives as quickly as restrictions have been lifted. However others discovered they flourished in solitude and by no means returned to their pre-pandemic ranges of socialising.
The sudden…
