I feel huge and growing pressure from people in my life to pretend that I am fine living in isolation, everything is normal & this situation is okay.
I am not a danger to myself or others. I am mentally competent. I am hanging on. This is better than getting covid.
However my situation is cruel & unusual. Absolutely nothing about it is "fine" or "okay".
The gaslighting, the pressure & the centering of their emotional comfort over my reality is far more painful than the actual isolation.