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After years of living with others, Lucia was thrilled to finally have a place to themselves.

The Photographer had recently moved Back To Italy, from New York . They enjoyed The Time on long, winding walks with your camera, and for eating With Friends .

But had the outbreak within a couple of months in Milan, where she lived, the epicenter of Europe's Corona-Virus. You and millions of other Italians have been ordered, are in lockdown, to stay at home unless absolutely necessary.

The First couple of weeks were The Most difficult, because the monotony of the days isolated in her apartment took its toll. But now More Than a month on, Lucia adjust to be alone. She still misses her freedom and physical contact with others, but feels happy that you and your loved ones are healthy, when so many have died on their Land.

"Sometimes I am concerned about The Future , about how life will be After This ends," she says. "I Wonder if it was ever a Real Life outside of our homes. "

the "street photography", Lucia was documented in your own time inside instead of

Nearly 4,000 Miles Away , the only of human faces, Aparna looks, belong today to the security forces.

The 26-year-old lives alone in her mother's old apartment in Gurgaon, close to Delhi.

Twice on The Day you leave to walk their dogs, Jules and Yogi, as The Guards watch over the complex with closed gates. Aparna has only ventured out Once .

A national lockdown has been announced in India on 24. March, "My hands are dry, the environment is quiet and The Dogs are blind," Aparna (in the picture) says about your situation,

There are a million More Stories like this around The World . As governments scramble to contain the deadly Covid-19-pandemic accept had to have a restriction on public life, many live alone, that you do not may spend time with someone else for a long time.

I know, because I am among them.

weeks in the UK-lockdown, my normal life in London goes on, but it looks and feels different. Trips to The Office have become a rarity. I feel lucky to have a cat for company, and The Ability to not have to go outside for walks, if others can do it, but it is not hard to know when I see next, my Close Friends or family, the life of hundreds of miles.

in These Days , the same pictures that carry our work sessions, the Last of our social life. With The Exception of the discussions on the Telekom or encounters with neighbors, the bins, all of my human contact is online now.

Daily screen time increased, while the isolation? You're not Living Alone

With so many Other People in The World , to be found by you to try this strange experience, I decided, expert advice, and other self-isolate alone.

That's how I found Lucia, Aparna and Angie : Three Women , continents apart, go through the same.

Angie from Maine, lived for Four Years . The always their own space was an important part of your growth and healing after a divorce. But as the U.S. has been the transgressions of their life situation taken from coronavirus and local restrictions hit, clearly.

A few weeks ago, when Angie was away from work, she was left to deal with it alone. "Under normal circumstances, if you lose your job, would you like a hug from a Family Member or invited by a friend to cheer you up," she says.

There is plenty of research to suggest that our social relations are as important for our physical health, our mental. Research connects the ever-present loneliness to higher mortality rates and other health complications.

Professor Naomi Eisenberger a social psychologist at UCLA, known for her research on how The Brain behaves when it experiences of social rejection and disconnect.

she says that our current situation is with the billions of people, the cut-off from your normal life, are unprecedented. It stresses the importance of people Living Alone , trying to stay Connected to those we care about.

"One of the things I've heard from people that it is interesting to recognize that now you can start, who you actually feel close to, because it doesn't matter who lives near you, or who will get easy," she says.

their research group is also on the search, whether in the virtual communication that we all fill our schedules with is enough to feel really Connected .

Dr. Eisenberger says, with a pet, especially one you can touch and embrace, the stress can help to reduce

Professor Stephanie Cacioppo, an expert in behavioral neuroscience and psychiatry at the University of Chicago, is also full of practical tips for those Living Alone She and her late husband were known for their ground-breaking research that makes a difference between being alone and feeling lonely.

she says, adjusting our mentality and expectations is the key to avoiding feelings of loneliness. This means to accept events outside of our control, and to know that it is away from The People and things we love, it's only temporary.

"now you live alone. And now you have no other choice. So you can either cry all day or the best of it", says Dr. Cacioppo.

For Angie , this meant with their art. She began pictures of posting daily-that we have in this feature to share as a way to their emotions and perspective on life solely by the pandemic.

Angie said, their art is the "main-to keep thing you go"

loose their names, the face is seen to be of loose character, and lives a quiet and relatable personal moments. "If I start to feel alone, I imagine that Other People Like Me , feeling the same emotions and doing the same things at this moment around The World ," she says. "It helps me to feel grounded and Connected . "

a More practical task is to try and stay grounded, Dr. Cacioppo suggests, a diary of your emotions at The Time of isolation: the note of the things that make you happy or accomplished throughout The Day .

"the human studies showing that self-compassion or gratitude towards others, but also yourself, can really the well-being and happiness level will improve," says you have done. These deeds must not be declared time-consuming or expensive, you. "Everyone has their own things that work really well for self-care. "

Dr. Cacioppo someone calls life along, to learn "How To regulate your own Best Friend "

the Two experts I spoke to emphasized the importance of building a routine into our days to explain in isolation, that is, regular social contact can help us in all sorts of ways, up in our sleeping and eating habits.

Dr. Cacioppo advises to plan people, live only for a short time, even A Day or two in advance. "We have all lost control of our reality. We had schedules, we had activities planned," she says. "We see the schedule for the next week, and we knew exactly what we would do, and now it is a bit different. "

Try three manageable goals A Day , she suggests, can help convey a sense of completion. "Then you can go to bed more peacefully, because they know that they have a structure and something to do - a Purpose - For Tomorrow ," Dr. Cacioppo says.

This importance of feeling a part of something bigger is something that comes up again and again. In California, a woman has to reach in an online movement that only.

On the 30. March, writer Olivia Gatwood posted a photo of himself on Instagram with the heading: "Self-portrait of a lady in quarantine. "

Soon, dozens, then hundreds, of other women around The World sent their own.

Olivia 's original black-and-white photo (above left) and inspired hundreds of other women, their own

Gatwood has now decided to have a vicar, an Instagram account with these pictures links women around The World in this strange, shared, but a different reality that we live in now.

Aparna was one of those who submitted a self-portrait. The blocking prompted to Pick Up your camera for the First Time in More Than a year, and she already has her life as documented in the pandemic.

When asked what advice she would give others, she had a simple message: "Listen to yourself and Be Kind to yourself, take The Time to nothing/everything/something without guilt or Compromise . "

"It's definitely a crazy time, when The Real world feels more like a movie script," says Aparna

Dr. Cacioppo says can result in a positive result of the relentless tragedy of the outbreak is that, as Nations and as people, we can end up feeling More Than ever before.

self-isolation, coronavirus pandemic

Source of news: bbc.com