How to maintain relationships in self-isolation

How to maintain relationships in self-isolation Getty Images Isolation doesn’t have to be a bad thing. “It is hard to know when work stops and relationships start.” People isolating with their partner are probably not used to the amount of time they are now spending together. “Long-distance partners can treat their time together as 'couple time' and their time apart as 'individual time',” says Sahlstein Parcell. Research on LDRs, whether they are military families, transnational families or commuting couples, shows that the first few months back together are usually make or break “One thing that long-distance relationships can teach us then is there is something about segmenting your life: being together and focused on each other when you are, and being apart and focused on that,” says Maguire. “It does give us the opportunity to see the positives and negatives of both, and hopefully take lessons learned beyond this pandemic period.” -- US: The National Domestic Violence Hotline www.thehotline.org Spain: National helpline 016; email 016-online@mscbs.es; psychological support service via WhatsApp +34 682 916 136/+34 682 508 507; ask for Mascarilla-19 in a pharmacy UK: National Domestic Abuse Helpline 0808 2000 247 Italy: Government helpline 1522 Belgium: Access support via 0800 30 030 in French or in Dutch on 1712 France: the national helpline is 3919, and in an emergency send an SMS to 114 or call 17.