We Are Entering the Slip-Up Time

Your brain is feeling quarantine fatigue

Our brains are adapting to pandemic stress — and we’re starting to slip up. When’s the last time you washed all of your groceries and carefully scrubbed the outside of your packages? Maybe you’re still very vigilant, but others are reporting that it’s getting harder to sustain the same high level of diligence that characterized the beginning of the pandemic. What’s the reason? It’s quarantine fatigue, and your brain is beginning to adapt to Covid-19 stress.