Faced with daily news of death and illness, it’s impossible not to think about the potential loss of our partners — and not everyone reacts to that fear the same way, KTHeaney writes
Illustration: By Stevie Remsberg As soon it became clear that quarantine was here to stay, I — like probably everyone else in a relationship — wondered what this much time spent exclusively in each other’s company might do for my wife and me.
Orna Guralnik, a clinical psychologist and star of Showtime’s Couples Therapy, echoes the idea that the pandemic isn’t just one thing for any one person, let alone any couple. During the first chapter, she says she saw a spike in solidarity between couples and the rest of the world — a kind of communal gratitude and global identification. But the good feelings didn’t last forever. “I think week by week the general mood has been sinking,” says Guralnik.
What couples can do We don’t know how long the coronavirus pandemic will impact our daily lives, but most evidence suggests it’ll be longer than we’d like. No couple can be expected to maintain total and mutual adoration at a time like this, but there are things couples can do to make the best of it.
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