Isolation
Why is Isolation so Appealing After a Break-Up?
Your hobbies aren’t fun anymore, your friends are pissing you off and the 2 minute noodles have lost their definitely-real-chicken taste.
What Is All This Isolation Doing to Us?
Scientists have described the pandemic as “the largest isolation study in history” – and its effects are only just becoming clearer over time.
I'm Deleting the NHS COVID App to Avoid Getting 'Pinged'
42 percent of VICE UK Instagram followers said they had deleted the app to swerve Test and Trace.
15 People Lived 40 Days in a Sunless Cave Without Clocks to Study Time
Participants lost their sense of time as the weeks passed during the multidisciplinary 'Deep Time' project, which studied human adaptation in extreme circumstances.
One Year of Lockdown as a Chronically Ill Person
One writer's account of a year spent shielding at home.
Your Therapist Is Just as Burnt Out as You
"We are also going through this pandemic, and are experiencing our own feelings of isolation, loneliness and missing loved ones."
Your Guide to Having a Normal Conversation, For When This is Over
It’s been over a year since we had meaningful, in-person interactions. If any of these things happen, it’s not you; it’s just like that sometimes.
I Miss Living in a Filthy Flat-Share
From the plant growing in our rusty sink to the flatmate who didn't pay rent – lockdown has made me romanticise it all.
What Your Pandemic Coffee Habit Is Doing to Your Body
We're relying on caffeine to get through the day, and for some coffee drinkers it's a destructive cycle.
This Valentine's Day, Give Love to People You Don't Know
This isn't the worst year for sincerity, so reach out to people isolated in prisons, nursing homes, and long-term medical care facilities.
I Gave My Family Coronavirus and Now They’re Not Speaking to Me
"My step-mum fell ill the next weekend, and spent two months in hospital."