March Guide: 10 events happening around Ireland this month
March Guide: 10 events happening around Ireland this month

Edaein OConnell

These four non-surgical treatments will transform your skin
These four non-surgical treatments will transform your skin

Edaein OConnell

Nicole Kidman stars in Scarpetta – here’s what to watch this week
Nicole Kidman stars in Scarpetta – here’s what to watch this week

Edaein OConnell

WIN the full Max Benjamin candle collection worth €300
WIN the full Max Benjamin candle collection worth €300

Jennifer McShane

Win two tickets to IMAGE x Sculpted by Aimee’s beauty event
Win two tickets to IMAGE x Sculpted by Aimee’s beauty event

Shayna Healy

19 pieces to inspire a spring clean
19 pieces to inspire a spring clean

Megan Burns

Conor Gadd of the newly-opened Burro in Covent Garden shares his life in food
Conor Gadd of the newly-opened Burro in Covent Garden shares his life in food

Sarah Gill

Women in Sport: First female president of GAA Rounders Paula Doherty
Women in Sport: First female president of GAA Rounders Paula Doherty

Sarah Gill

WIN a €150 Brown Thomas voucher thanks to Magnum
WIN a €150 Brown Thomas voucher thanks to Magnum

Edaein OConnell

An expert guide to why your business struggles to turn change into results
An expert guide to why your business struggles to turn change into results

Fiona Alston

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Anxiety disorder crisis: how much are we missing hugs?


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by Filomena Kaguako
31st Jan 2021

Read time: 7 mins

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It's been nearly a year since we kissed our friends, hugged our grannies or simply touched someone outside our 'bubble'. Filomena Kaguako asks, what will the long lasting effect of this lack of physical interaction be?

With a return to a 5km travel limit, a ban on household visits and inter-country travel, government guidelines continue to raise burning questions for social butterflies – are face to face interactions no longer important? What will the long lasting effects of social deprivation be? Will it be a challenge to get back to the level of interaction we had in a pre-Covid world? Integrative humanistic psychotherapist Barbara Mahon says humans are inherently social creatures...

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