Touch starvation is really grinding me down. The weighted blanket I bought is helping, but not nearly enough.
I didn't get a whole lot of touch day to day in the Before Time, but usually managed to "tank up" in bursts. Norwescon and (even more so) Penguicon would have been opportunities for hugs, giving of massages, etc.
Even the current state of things would be easier to deal with if I had WisCon, Fourth Street, and/or Readercon to look forward to....
(Some of my best coping mechanisms have been combinations of travel, gathering with friends, and getting lots of touch. This pandemic blocks them all.)
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I didn't get a whole lot of touch day to day in the Before Time, but usually managed to "tank up" in bursts. Norwescon and (even more so) Penguicon would have been opportunities for hugs, giving of massages, etc.
Even the current state of things would be easier to deal with if I had WisCon, Fourth Street, and/or Readercon to look forward to....
(Some of my best coping mechanisms have been combinations of travel, gathering with friends, and getting lots of touch. This pandemic blocks them all.)