Isolation

Psychiatrists say the covid pandemic and the focus on social distancing has made us all a bit more lonely and a bit more awkward around other people. I would like to emphasize the consequences of isolation and loneliness the most, because it is, no doubt, an extremely important factor that affects both physical and mental health. People who spend a long time in isolation, like prisons or hospitals or Antarctica, if you will, definitely lose certain social skills. And the longer they stay, the more they lose. Markiyan Prohasco spent almost two months in Antarctica. He went there in early 2019 to write a book about the experience of being at a polar station. Later, during quarantine, Markiyan often drew parallels with his time at the South Pole.