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Don't agree. There are so many ways to keep oneself engaged with the world. You just have to DO IT! If you stubbornly insist on shutting yourself away, no one to blame but yourself. In many ways this is a self-imposed problem that existed before some pandemic reared its ugly head.
BTW, if anyone is curious about "real" cabin fever, read the classic novel about early immigrant prairie settlers: Giants in the Earth by O.E. Rolvaag. This ain't nothin' folks.
A lot of stores where I live are still open so I've been going to them to and ignoring the stay at home nonsense. When I go to the stores I usually: stand as close as possible to others, touch my face a lot in front of others, touch everything on the shelves, wear no mask, laugh at those with masks on.......I'm staying positive and making the most of this.
[quote=Pinta loca;57964902]All these people complaining about the stay at home orders must have never lived in a hurricane prone area. Try being without power for weeks. We even lost cell service for a few days so no one knew we were still alive after a hurricane.[/QUOTE
It's even more fun trying to live in a house severely damaged in the hurricane.
Don't agree. There are so many ways to keep oneself engaged with the world. You just have to DO IT! If you stubbornly insist on shutting yourself away, no one to blame but yourself. In many ways this is a self-imposed problem that existed before some pandemic reared its ugly head.
BTW, if anyone is curious about "real" cabin fever, read the classic novel about early immigrant prairie settlers: Giants in the Earth by O.E. Rolvaag. This ain't nothin' folks.
When graduating from college, I moved to a city of 100,000 people in the Midwest.
It snowed a foot the day before Christmas and we didn't see any temperatures above freezing for over a month. Just getting to work every day was a hassle. Snow was piled so high that we couldn't even see our office building.
Talk about cabin fever? We had it that winter.
And I then decided to get a transfer back down south where we didn't have to experience such things.
We are lake people, and have a 24' boat sitting in the front yard in a boathouse. We'll shortly spend the rest of our quarantine days out on the river. So we're not suffering.
While part of me fears this virus, another part of me is enjoying the me time I now enjoy. Normally, I was working 5 days a week and had little time to do the things I enjoy. Now, I get to go to my shop, where I can be alone, and work building my cars.
I also am getting to sleep in, take naps, and spend time with my three little fur buddies. So, there is an upside to this thing, if you choose to look at it that way.
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A couple years back the power was out for three days. 
I was climbing the walls. It was like I was detoxing. 
I can deal with the solitude from direct contact fine.
