Lockdown is set to be extended. But why are we finding it so hard this time?

Therapists working in Cork and Kerry say the chain of lockdowns have increased despondency as people dread weeks more of isolation.

The urgency of fear has been replaced by sadness for many people and this is changing how we experience lockdown according to therapists working in Cork and Kerry.

They can see the chain of lockdowns have increased despondency as people dread weeks more of isolation. And extremely high hospital figures and deaths were an emotional shock just as the bleak January weather arrived.