How does isolation affect your mental health? Can you cope?

How does isolation affect your mental health? Can you cope?

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literally nothing changed by going into self quarantine
>haha

I've gone days stuck at home and not saying a word.
>trauma is a powerful thing

google skin hunger
it has a physical impact, lack of contact is an inflammatory response

ive been neet for the past year and literallly nothing changed for me. I used to go outside only for gym and supplies

does touching animals count?

I have realized that I had become a full on normie over the last few months or maybe even years. I am losing my goddamn mind sitting at home knowing there is nothing to do. I have conditioned myself to see vidya, tv shows and other things NEETs enjoy as useless and boring. I have slowly turned my hobbies into more social activities having gymbros, going bouldering with a few friends and chilling afterwards or doing other random activities with friends. Even work is good for social gains since I work with a few people I consider friends and do stuff outside of work.

And what I never thought is that although I am texting, calling and generally interacting with my friends and family all throughout the day basically I feel isolated. I dont know but sending messages or even just hearing their voices isnt the same as being there where you see each other and have physical contact. I dont know if the fact I am missing it so much is good or bad, all I know is being single around this time is the fucking worst.

>all of the retail stores closed
>literally didn't notice until someone told me

lol dude... this shit is nothing to me.

>be me
>finally make it
>decide to leave Yas Forums once and for all
>dont come back for a few weeks happier than ever
>Corona-Chan forces me back into NEETdom
>Locks down the gym and forces me to give back my gains

What could I possibly have done to deserve this guys ? I am about to fucking kms.

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>I have realized that I had become a full on normie over the last few months or maybe even years. I


This is pretty much me. This quarantine shit would be easy mode 2 years ago. Now that Im fit and start doing normie shit this shit is getting hard as fuck....I cant cope with it...

Wouldn't know I've always been isolated

I think the worst part is once you have lived through it and are done with it you can never go back. Currently I moved from the small apartment in the city where I was a normie and happy back to my room in my parents basement because I have a homegym here and the countryside is much better during these times. But god damn it after just a few days depression is slowly creeping in. I guess I will just have to do a ton of sports and maybe get my road bike as well..

>Homegym
>Spend time with GF
>Work from my pc desk
>Play Witcher 3
>Watch some kinos
>Chat with bros and family over voice coms/phone

Based and comfypilled.

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It's really satisfying to see the target Ted pump versus compounds, but I don't get the same full-body exhaustion that hits me after heavy deads or squats.
If you just do isolation, I think you'll feel a little unsatisfied with the effort you put in. You should really do them together with compound lifts.

This, I feel fine

>tfw on social distancing mode by default

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I'm happier than I've been in months. All I do all day is read, train, eat, and sleep. This is fucking amazing.

you guys were normies all along. stop acting like you were different. you were just a failed normies (imagine being that lmao) and now you are fine because you fixed it.

Petting and grooming animals is good. Humans should do it more to each other than we usually do, because we are group orientated primates, but modern life makes indirect contact more common. Ironically, indirect contact makes not only for more community contagion as well as more loneliness, while direct contact tends to build antibodies faster from the community pool of immunity and individual immune responses.
Currently, avoiding indirect contact along with direct contact is wise, but indirect contact is what most cleaning procedures in public places will be geared towards outside of lockdown areas.

I spent most of my time studying lifting and playing vidya so life is almost the same , except not going out a little bit, no biggies I enjoy this.

I'm a med student so I spend 90% of my time at home alone or with my GF anyways. But going to the gym was my one escape and my favorite leisure time. Just finished physical therapy for a fucked up shoulder and everything was finally coming together. For once my chest was getting sore again on chest workouts and I started putting on mass.

But now all gyms are closed in my area. I'm broke af and can't afford a dumbbell set. I'm freaking the fuck out because I don't know what to do. Planning on restricting my calorie intake and starting a cut. I hate bodyweight exercises so I must just go full-on African and make my own concrete dumbbells. Any advice would be appreciated.

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loser think spotted. only you get to be a true incel and anyone who betters themself was never actually an incel to begin with.
up your SSRI dosages and get over yourself, faggot

Very positively

Based dubdubs. Wish I had your life

It fucks you up pretty bad. Lived alone for 2 years and got the closest I've been to becoming an hero. When you live with someone it's at least tolerable, though you still feel it.

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Positive introspection has been good to me. Feel like I always improve mentally whenever I'm alone for a while (assuming I'm still socializing elsewhere, like online chats or message groups

Same. I am almost always alone after breaking up with my ex. Working from home now due to COVID-19 (I work in IT) fucks me up so hard. I really feel horrible being alone.

you need a hobby or a passion not another person you fag

pussy

ngmi

The best thing I found was to go on runs as often as possible, just go David Goggins mode.
Already did, actually the reason it fucked me up was that I ran so much I got shin splints and had to rest for like 2 weeks.

have to be 18 to post here you pair of unempathetic cringelords

This and unironically. If you're under 18 and you live with your parents it doesn't count. You have to have your own apartment and be completely alone for at least 5 days to qualify.

Ah yeah I have been told more people engage in my lifestyle now. They call it "quarantine"

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Fuckin right. Once the quarantine is over maybe we can upgrade ourselves to proudly present in public desu?

based and isolation-pilled. now that practically every store has self-checkout so you don't even interact with clerks, and your only social contact is work colleagues which has now been removed due to having to work from home, most people have no idea what it's like to be truly by yourself with zero positive prospects for the foreseeable future

I'm running out of copes and if i don't get accepted in uni by july i'm gonna kill myself aaaaaaaaaaaaaa

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so you can fumble and stutter through conversations after alienating yourself for weeks/months on end? cocoon mode is not advisable if your goal is to present yourself publicly at the end of it

Not gonna lie lads, kinda miss being at work, chatting up and flirting with all the qts at work

Society always shat on hermits, now the same people get to experience what it's like to be one. The universe is intelligent.

it's a nice thought user but i suspect many will still visit their friends/family regardless of quarantine recommendations, it will be interesting to see how much suicide rates increase by over time though

im used to it

You'll look like a bulked up alien autist, but you'll gain back those social skills in no time once the stacys rub on your cock.
Just be big enough to mog everyone in the streets, then you're golden

>mfw been lifting for a year
>115 OHP for reps, 160 bench for reps, 2pl8 squat
>mfw getting in shape, and have free time lift
>get cucked by corona
>supposed "friends" never invite me to do anything pre corona
>school closed so can't find gf irl
>stuck at home with no pullup bar
>can only play vidya and do the daily pushups and core excercises
I fucking hate this. Ok this is enough complaining, I will do it no more

>How does isolation affect your mental health?
Main thing for me is to avoid becoming trapped in my own head and not dwell on things which is a lot harder to do when isolated. To combat this I usually focus on learning or building something(programming, etc).

Was a shutin for 5 years from age like 16-21. 23 now, just started making friends mid last year. I'm okay with it for now, only been away from em for maybe a week. Plan on keeping my distance now. Unfortunately I still have to go to work though.

My girlfriend and I are stack in different countries and they banned travel. State of emergency.
FUCK. Might as well an hero now.

>>Homegym
I only have like two dumbbells that are 2kg
>>Spend time with GF
dont have one, but also dont want one right now
>>Work from my pc desk
dont work
>>Play Witcher 3
uninstalled it to make room for other games, now i wish i could have it back
>>Watch some kinos
I watch JP lectures on a 300 video long playlist every night
>>Chat with bros and family over voice coms/phone
I have like one friend who is never online

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>grad student living across the country
>qt undergrad gf goes home when uni closes down
>move into her 1 bedroom apartment bc fuck having roommates
>haven't gone outside in five days
>just watch old school episodes of Ram

nice projecting I guess?

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Do you not talk to your barber? Talk to gym staff? Talk to your coworkers?

That is the only social interaction I have out of family and the occassional tinder slut but it keeps me grounded.

cocoon mode does not mean no social interaction you faggot

this, I was just starting to make it and now I'm locked out. back to square one

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I cant stand it. Yes i need my alone time and just staying in SOME times but being out and socializing distracts me from my crippling thoughts so i like going out.

Everythings closed here and we're prohibited to leave the house. Fuck this pandemic

>being out and socializing distracts me from my crippling thoughts
good, you stupid normies deserve to die. I am laughing so hard at all the dumb fucks freaking out because they can't go out for a god damn week. You do realize this will last 10-18 months, right? You are weak.

Based, and likewise. I'm just annoyed that my state hasn't shut down all bars and restaurants yet. I've got a little bit of a cold going on, maybe I'll go down to the local brewery and make some new friends for once.

I've got cabin fever but it's not so much because I normally am out and about but it's because now I don't really have a choice. Gym is closed. Bars are closed. Tinder activity has dried up almost entirely the last week. I still go to work but that's hit or miss on if it's an interesting day. Otherwise I lift at home, do my uni work at home, etc. Only thing I leave to do is go to work.

Now that I don't have a choice it's really fucking with me.

restaurants don't even need to close, they just need to go to delivery only. I dunno, it's fucking stupid, why is everyone so against this. I find it baffling when life is no different than normal for me.

My life hasn't changed in any single way

People are time consuming, and exhausting to interact with, I'm banking a ton of money in the stock market, work on my car and read books in my leisure time

Stay safe , stay healthy

we told you NEETs would rule the world one day, but you laughed at us
who's laughing now, normie?

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>mfw homegym master race
>been "social distancing" for over a decade(can't be bothered to interact with normies)
>megadosing lipsomal vitamin c
>broke out the old bass geetar(haven't played in months, still have my chops)...

I want the gym back so badly and my desire to kill is increasing

she's finding herself aka getting fucked raw by different men while in that country