{"id":14285,"date":"2020-05-21T17:31:43","date_gmt":"2020-05-21T21:31:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/?p=14285"},"modified":"2020-05-26T19:46:55","modified_gmt":"2020-05-26T23:46:55","slug":"if-the-social-distancing-continues-does-that-mean-we-can-no-longer-shake-hands-high-five-hug-or-cry-on-each-others-shoulders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2020\/05\/21\/if-the-social-distancing-continues-does-that-mean-we-can-no-longer-shake-hands-high-five-hug-or-cry-on-each-others-shoulders\/","title":{"rendered":"If the social distancing continues, does that mean we can no longer shake hands, high five, hug, or cry on each other\u2019s shoulders?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">That\u2019s so sad! ????? Also, the stay-at-home and self-quarantine thing feels really different when you perceive more distress at home or have to quarantine alone w\/o human contacts. E.g. you have no one to hug for a long long long time, which can negatively affect your mental health and immune system!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m sorry you&#8217;re lonely. Focus on how temporary it is, and keep in touch with people as much as you can through phone or video calls. It&#8217;s not a sufficient replacement for in-person contact, but can suffice for short periods. As to how long (and how much) social distancing will be necessary&#8230; it&#8217;s hard to say. As to high fives and hugs &amp; shoulders, start thinking about a &#8220;quaranteam,&#8221; a social bubble where you can have some contact: <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/mit-quaranteam.\">bit.ly\/mit-quaranteam.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>That\u2019s so sad! ????? Also, the stay-at-home and self-quarantine thing feels really different when you perceive more distress at home or have to quarantine alone w\/o human contacts. E.g. you have no one to hug for a long long long time, which can negatively affect your mental health and immune system! I&#8217;m sorry you&#8217;re lonely. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2020\/05\/21\/if-the-social-distancing-continues-does-that-mean-we-can-no-longer-shake-hands-high-five-hug-or-cry-on-each-others-shoulders\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;If the social distancing continues, does that mean we can no longer shake hands, high five, hug, or cry on each other\u2019s shoulders?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14285"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14285\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14295,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14285\/revisions\/14295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}