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In reply to the discussion: People are so rude and angry these days. Is it just me? Or where I am? [View all]Sympthsical
(9,041 posts)Socialization isn't just something we instill in our kids and it sticks for the rest of their lives. Socialization is a constantly reinforced thing. Remove it for too long a time, and people start fraying. Social skills require practice or else they atrophy.
Covid messed people up. I think people being away from others and interaction increased a lot of "main character" behaviors. Insularity warps notions of objectivity.
I'm an extroverted introvert, so Covid was just the best of times for me, lol. I don't have to meet with people and only talk during work? That's living the dream. When Covid ended, I picked things right back up. Others just aren't that. I have a highly extroverted nephew. He has to be talking or hanging out with people always. all the time. forever. Covid hit him with a massive depression. We spotted it and did what we could with it. But, his surliness is definitely ratcheted up to an 8 or 9, whereas he might've been a 3 or 4 pre-Covid.
But he's also 15. So you kind of wonder how much of that is just built in to adolescence, lol.