Social Recession

Guardian UK: ‘Social recession’: how isolation can affect physical and mental health

One of the reasons people can suffer in social-isolation is because personal relationships can help us cope with stress, Holt-Linstad said.

“For instance: the ongoing uncertainty of what’s going on right now in the world, your body’s response to that may differ. Depending on the extent to which you feel like you have the resources you need to cope with that. And that in large part may be dependent on whether or not you feel like you have others in your life you can rely on. That you’ve got someone who has your back or you can count on, or you can get through it together.”