As the pandemic continues to drag on, the separation from friend, acquaintances, co-workers, etc means the sense of isolation for myself and my family isn't really going anywhere. My kids are able to socialize a bit with a small handful of friends, and they're now going to school a couple days a week, so I think it's getting a little better for them, but my wife and I, contact with other people is still largely through text or voice-chat. So each represent the other's primary social touchstone. But, my wife is also thoroughly mired in the fact that we've all been in her space all the time for a year now. She's not getting breaks from us. She's not getting quiet, alone time to recharge/relax. So, what has been happening is that we all end up isolating within the same house. Everyone, essentially, takes a room and we keep to ourselves. It works for that sense of space, but it also means that we're isolating the midst of being isolated, and that seems unhealthy. It also means we're all trying to, at some level, get away from the very people who are our support system during all of this.

I imagine this is not an uncommon situation right now, but it's a thing that has been kind of bugging me for a while, and the longer it goes on the more I'm aware of it.