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How do we survive hard times, when we're all in pain together?
I've been thinking about that a lot this week—a week that in so many ways has felt like the earliest and most terrifying days of Covid lockdown.

Being sad together is both harder and more comforting than being sad separately. When you're going through a painful personal experience like a bereavement, a breakup or an illness, there are usually people you can lean on. And yet it can be very lonely to be alone in the sadness. /cont