How the Pandemic Is Making You Happier

Three ways the COVID-19 pandemic is reducing your stress and self-inflicted misery unbeknownst to you

Before the COVID-19 pandemic hit the planet, Americans were already experiencing record rates of anxiety and depression. Loneliness was also at epidemic rates. Add to that income loss, the resultant economic uncertainty, chronic deprivation from meaningful social contact, and the possibility that you might die every time you step outside your house, and you’ve got yourself one seriously bummed-out…