“People might be more irritable or more likely to fight because their brain is in a trauma response,” Farley said. “Because they can’t run away, then they might be inclined to go into a freeze response where they shut down — they are depressed and lack motivation. That’s a response that the brain has triggered because they feel threatened by what’s happening.”
According to Sandro Galea of Boston University School of Public Health, depression has risen by a factor of three, meaning the number of people who experience depression is almost three times what it was before the pandemic.
Another study done by UCLA found that loneliness among young adults has increased as a result of social distancing.
Once the pandemic is over, one of the hardest things people will have to do is adapt to normal life, Farley said.
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