> I feel/have felt more isolated when I don't have close connections with people around me but I am around a lot of people. I really like Venkat’s write-up abo

> I feel/have felt more isolated when I don't have close connections with people around me but I am around a lot of people. I really like Venkat’s write-up about masks[0]. Large cities, dense yet impersonal, strain our voice masks. Smaller communities, what you likely experienced in the rural area when you were not outside alone, can be psychologically healing but on the other hand strain our exit masks. Everyone has their own tipping point—you seem less susceptible to exit mask stress than me, for example. [0] http://www.ribbonfarm.com/2015/05/20/pretending-to-care-pretending-to-agree/ http://www.ribbonfarm.com/2015/05/20/pretending-to-care-pret...