This is another evil of Covid. In 2021, Americans spent an average of 2.45 hours per week with close friends, a drop of more than 50% in ten years, according to the federal Time Use survey. Request. Our sociability has been eroded by the rise of smartphones and digital tools since 2007, and then by the pandemic since 2021. And between video conferencing, Netflix series, and social media surfing, we’re spending more and more time in front of screens. “We are in a virtual civilization where physical contact has become rarer”clinical psychologist and neuropsychologist Celine Riviere summarizes in her book Wrap therapy (Michalon Publications, 2019).
However, the health restrictions of 2021 and 2022 have shown how the lack of touch (or “skin hunger”, literally “skin hunger”) can have negative effects on our psyche: increased stress, anxiety, difficulty sleeping, even depression. The absence of…
Source: Le Figaro
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