Before the coronavirus, Kim was an outgoing teenager. Social interactions — meeting up with friends, casual conversations in the hallways between classes and at lunch — were a given in his day-to-day life. Since last March, though, socializing has required more effort than he often can summon. Eventually, he said, he stopped reaching out to friends and withdrew.
"That left me in a pretty dark place personally. That's how it became pretty bad because at first I didn't — I'm not somebody who talks about my emotions a lot," he said. "It's so easy to get lost in yourself."
'We've been stuck at home with our family and we're using Zoom eight-plus hours a day. I feel like it's affected our outlook.'