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HOW THE LOCKDOWN CHANGED US

Gulf News staff share experience of battling existentia­l crisis and adapting to new normal

- DUBAI BY BINDU RAI, Entertainm­ent Editor | SHARON BENJAMIN, Features Writer| OMAR SHARIFF, Internatio­nal Editor and SHYAM A. KRISHNA, Senior Associate Editor

While some yearned for the daily work routine that gave them a reason to climb out of bed, there were others who struggled with an existentia­l crisis.

More than a year into the pandemic and the cobwebs of the lockdown have yet to completely blow away.

While some yearned for the daily work routine that gave them a reason to climb out of bed, there were others who secretly struggled with an existentia­l crisis that had them question whether the new normal would be the only normal they would ever know.

Perched on this slippery slope between anxiety and loneliness, the lockdown showed us a mirror that reflected more than we sometimes wanted to see.

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