Covid Anti Societal Syndrome "Covid Hermit"

  Covid Anti Societal Syndrome

Here is something popping up around the country: the "Covid Hermit"- officially known as CASS. Be aware that you, your loved ones, neighbors and even what seemed like straight laced, button down, bank teller types of people are  finding themselves in the throes of CASS, presenting as a "Covid Hermit" .It seems some people while trying to avoid Covid, therefore locking down, have seen things in a different light and are now commented to avoid society in general. Through being forced to not participate it has become clear that certain things are not worth participating in. Say the silliness of giving what you have left after $155 a week unemployment payment to the fashion, grooming, and face slathering industry. Who needs makeup when there is nothing to make up for? Bathing has become a monthly ritual and shampoo stocks are on the way down. Even teeth brushing is optional with a mask on. There is the social awkwardness when the affected person is forced to participate. They are always looking at others and wonder if those others are looking at them and judging them on the number of masks they are wearing, if they voted for Trump, what their view on science is, or if they even own a comb. The longer and deeper they go into their neurosis and are spending an inordinate amount of time listening to birds instead of traffic the more the whole construct of society seems as an illusion. Questions such as- "If toilet paper can fail to be present what else can", "Is Starbucks really a need", "How can a store saying it is at half capacity still be full of people waiting in lines- looking at each other- not talking", "Did we miss baseball" and all sorts of other existential quandary fill their minds. Their feelings of needing to belong have gradually evolved into feelings of disdain to being forced to live the one life they have in servitude to a system that is suicidal at best just to eat food that is bad for them, pay rent and  have  a few creature comforts that all basically slowly digesting  the one planet we share.. Some have gone so far as to use their cell phone as hammers after a day of trying to take a nature hike in the woods that ended up being filled with chirps and blips from the phone instead of birds; all the  while screaming "Just give me some peace". Here is the one sign that you or a person in your life may need an intervention into their CASS condition-

Here is a common Joe before the pandemic-

Here is the same man in the throes of Covid Hermit (CASS)

So look in the mirror and be totally honest with yourself, are you a Covid Hermit! There should be a government program to address this issue and/or just pay these poor folks to stay home for the betterment of society and its social structure.

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