What living with mental illness has taught me about self-isolation

The key to maintaining our mental well-being during the coming months lies in transforming loneliness into a space of solitude.

“Eleven A.M.” by Edward Hopper (1926). Source: www.EdwardHopper.net.

I didn’t expect much to change in my life with the new decade. Most of my twenties have been overshadowed with depression and that colours…