The harsh truth about Isolation

I was reading in Class VIII then when I got to know about the novel Corona Virus. It was February 2020, I was giving my final exams for the session 2019-2020. I had no idea about the potential of this nonliving thing then. Nor did I had any idea about how my life will change. An unprecedented optimism was succeeded by an unprecedented pessimism. I got a glimpse about the challenges that I had to face in the lockdown (or more specifically "no 'traditional' school") period from Issac Asimov's "The Fun they had" (coincidentally it was the first lesson of Class 9; feels like we are living in a world where the things that happen are already scripted). It's strange to believe that the thing that was thought to come into existence in 2150 can travel so fast in time to come alive in 2020. Initially, I could not relate to the emotions of the protagonist. Now in class 10 I finally understood what they were trying to tell. It's been approximately two years since I last went to a 'traditional' school. I feel robbed of myself. I can justify this through Moslow's pyramid of needs. Physiological needs include (i) intimate relationships, friends, and (ii) prestige and feeling of accomplishment. I was deprived of the first category needs. Initially, I did not feel any trouble isolating myself from them. This helped me to focus on my studies. But later in Class 10 I somehow lost the wish to study hard. I frequently dreamt about my long-lost school days. I felt very depressed about something but I was unable to figure out what it was. I wished in vain to be with my friends and live that life we once lived. Man is a social animal. Tracing the evolutionary history of man we can figure out that social relationship is an evolutionary trait. If we cannot do anything about our inherited traits then what can we do about evolutionary traits? Yes, I understand that powerful motivational words do work but their effect is temporary. If the base of motivation (basic needs and physiological needs) is not strong then words are useless. You can't just tell to struggle selflessly for 4 years. And if you can, then you must read our lives and tell us how to do that. 

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