Over the past year, we all became Extremely Online. As lockdowns proliferated and in-person gatherings became unsafe, every part of our lives became mediated by screens. We all began spending so much more time scrolling through social media. We were cooped up at home, bored, all of our usual options for activities now deemed too risky. Instead, we spent all of our newfound free time on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
I’m super glad that most people can get back to normal but it’s really hard as a disabled, mostly housebound person, to feel so consistently left out of the narrative of ‘normal’.
I became chronically ill right before the pandemic so it was honestly a great time for that to happen, I wasn’t alone in being at home and grieving the loss of normalcy. So now it’s a whole new type of grief to deal with, the kind from feeling left behind and disregarded.
Just thought I’d share a different perspective on ‘getting back to normal’💖
I’m super glad that most people can get back to normal but it’s really hard as a disabled, mostly housebound person, to feel so consistently left out of the narrative of ‘normal’.
I became chronically ill right before the pandemic so it was honestly a great time for that to happen, I wasn’t alone in being at home and grieving the loss of normalcy. So now it’s a whole new type of grief to deal with, the kind from feeling left behind and disregarded.
Just thought I’d share a different perspective on ‘getting back to normal’💖