The Introverts Are Not Okay

If forced proximity has you drained, you’re not alone

Laura Todd Carns
GEN
Published in
5 min readFeb 20, 2021

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On a typical weekday morning a year ago, my husband would wake before dawn to try to get ahead of the morning commute, my son would sneak in a few minutes of Minecraft before hastily getting ready for school, and my daughter would be finishing homework at the breakfast table while lobbying for a ride to avoid the dreaded school…

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Laura Todd Carns
GEN
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Freelancer & fictioneer. Contributor to Medium pubs Human Parts, GEN, Curious; bylines elsewhere in WaPo, Quartz, EL, The Lily & more. www.lauratoddcarns.com