My roommate and I both got COVID at the same time and isolated together, and it created this intense dependency that feels weird now that we're better — we saw each other at our most vulnerable and now normal roommate boundaries feel awkward to reestablish.
More people experience this than they realize.
Intimate caregiving between non-intimate people creates temporary bonds that complicate returning to previous boundaries.
“Where Are You with Acute illness and recovery?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.