How to manage cabin fever - Outside Magazine

Related to the challenges faced in quarantine during the covid-19 pandemic, Nathan and Emma were interviewed for an article about cabin fever published by Outside Magazine. Lessons from extreme environments were used to illustrate some of the experiences people in quarantine might have.

“People talk about how awful it’s going to be and how damaged people are going to be when they come out of this,” Barrett says. “Well, that’s not the case when you look at most extreme situations. The resilience, and coming out of it in a positive way, is much more common than having a negative reaction.”

“It’s miserable at the time, but you look back on it, and you’ve got stories to tell, and you’ve made it, and you’ve achieved something,” she says. “Even when it feels really grim, there is going to be a time when you look back on this and say, ‘I didn’t think I could cope, but I did.”

The full article is available here: https://www.outsideonline.com/2412173/prepare-natural-disasters-during-pandemic