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Many of us have experienced restrictions on movement and social contact during the pandemic. Talk about any restrictions that have especially affected you.

I have been unemployed since May and unable to see my parents or immediate family since last February. Every time they plan a trip out to see me and meet my partner and her kids for the first time, we have to push it back because the virus keeps getting worse. I am incredibly introverted and my partner and her kids (I love them) are incredibly extroverted. Every day I think I’ve hit my limit and want to give up. I don’t know what’s keeping me going, but I can tell that whatever it is, I’m running out of it. I’m also an alcoholic and attending AA meetings with other people had been critical. But this whole virtual thing is exhausting and soul-sucking. It takes more out of me than it gives if I go to virtual meetings. The temptation grows more and more every day.