Ending Isolation

Partner isolation, or group member isolation, is a key part of coercive control. It is a tool, or a tactic, that makes a reality check difficult. It is a method of unmooring a person from connection to their standards and values.

But what happens when the entire planet is isolated?

We are just coming out of a pandemic where isolation was critical to human health. Physical health, that is.

• No one thought of the mental health problems our children would develop

• No thought of the educational loss

• No one thought of the additional suicides and homicides

• No one thought of the fear morphed into denial. My cousin’s entire church got sick because they didn’t want to acknowledge Covid-19.

Now it’s time to end the isolation, and it’s hard. We can leave our homes and talk to real people, face-to-face. That’s scary. They can say or do anything, those weirdos.

That’s the way it is for me. I’ll sit with live YouTubers on a Friday night and pretend that’s social engagement. For…