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I'm referring to the situation at hand: going remote and finding oneself isolated and depressed. That is, one felt socialized enough in the office but now that
by shrimpx 7y ago
I'm referring to the situation at hand: going remote and finding oneself isolated and depressed. That is, one felt socialized enough in the office but now that they're remote they're isolated and finding the "being remote" as the cause. This clearly means that the core source of socialization (and therefore non-isolation) is that the social group was at the office.
People who can develop relationships in a variety of contexts don't feel alone and depressed when remote. There may be other issues; time zone problems, being left out of the loop at work etc., from companies that are not well set up for it. But those are not the issues at hand.
- viraptor 7y agoI don't mean the issues part, but the "if you have drive and information you can fix social skills". If only it was that easy. Specifically, isolation and lack of motivation are also caused by depression. You're basically recommending "not having depression would really help for your depression".
- shrimpx 7y agoI tried to avoid clinical depression... If we're talking clinical depression I want to exclude myself from this conversation because I'm not an expert. I'm talking about social laziness. Few people have the guts to go introduce themselves to a stranger (in an appropriate context of course) and strike a conversation and try to make a friend. At the office this is "built in" and you get a level of socialization for free. So many people rely on these perks and leave it at that. Tons of firsthand observation here.