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> Cabin fever (even though I'm an introvert and probably handling it better than most people out there).

This part has been interesting - I live alone, and have worked from home for a while, but it's still starting to get to me. I can't imagine people that live by themselves and are used to going to the office every day / are more extroverted.

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They are going bonkers. I live in a small compound with gardens. I have a strict policy for not interacting with neighbors or not getting into their affairs (for lengthy reasons). A couple days ago I was about to call the police for what's possibly a bad fight/domestic violence for the neighbors next door. The neighbor above me had decided she wants to become a singer and now (as I am typing) is loudly signing. The one above that (second floor) is dropping kitchen object every other day and comes to collect/apologize for that.

This is fine.

Same for me, doing okay, but kinda getting to me. On the other hand, my partner is an extrovert and has cried multiple times saying "Imagine how you would feel if you were forced to go to a crowded party every day after work. I feel stressed and overwhelmed".

My wife and I argue [playfully, but still] about who gets to make a grocery run.

I'm the introverted one, so under normal circumstances I take any chance I get to stay at home. But I do get a certain kind of energy just from being around people in public, which is why I like grocery shopping.

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