Experts weigh in on if living through a pandemic – and in isolation – can change your personality

By LynAnne Vucovich
The Telegraph

With states enlisting stay-at-home orders as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the toll that staying home has taken on people has varied. Routines have been disrupted, while communication with friends and family has shifted to the virtual world.

And according to experts, such a deluge of changes can lead to shifts in people’s personalities.

Bill Chopik, an assistant professor of psychology at Michigan State University, said that while it might not seem like people generally change due to stress, the truth is that more often than not, they change in dramatic ways.

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