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The Strain the Covid Pandemic Is Putting on Marriages
For Kristin and Ilya Shapiro, the Covid pandemic has created new tensions. Lately, the spouses have argued about Mr. Shapiro’s travel schedule: Ms. Shapiro doesn’t like that it creates child-care headaches. But Mr. Shapiro says it’s important
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Why the Teenage Brain Pushes Young People to Ignore Virus Restrictions
Monica Sager didn’t see her boyfriend for four months after she moved back into her childhood home in Pottstown, Pa., in March. She also didn’t go to any friends’ houses or social events. Now, her
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UArizona Psychologist Explains How COVID-19 is Creating Widespread ‘Pandemic Fatigue’
HOW COVID-19 IS CREATING WIDESPREAD ‘PANDEMIC FATIGUE’ — It is a phrase that puts the stress, anxiety, and depression many people are feeling right now into perspective: pandemic fatigue. Experts are concerned that the next
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Crises Like The Pandemic Don’t Make People Less Optimistic
One of the most startling things about people is the way they always think things are going to get better. It doesn’t matter how ugly things get, humans are incurable optimists. And the older people
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Why We Grow Numb To Staggering Statistics — And What We Can Do About It
COVID-19 has now killed more than 148,000 people in the U.S. On a typical day in the past week, more than 1,000 people died. But the deluge of grim statistics can dull our collective sense of outrage.
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How Lockdown May Have Changed Your Personality
There wasn’t just one lockdown – we all had our own experience. Some people were forced into months of unbroken solitude, others trapped for weeks on end with an estranged spouse. Some saw it as a
