Isolation Introspector Gifts

"Hey... don't worry! A celebrity on the news last night told us little people that it's ok to feel anxious and depressed during lockdown..!"

"I'd get back in there if I were you mate."

"I can't decide if we're good people who are bad at communicating, or monsters who communicate perfectly."

"Don't you think it's time we talked about Operation Doug?"

'If no man is an island, then what the hell is no woman?'

Cellphone Islands

"It's essential I go to work to avoid being with my family."

"All a cat CAN do is strive for authenticity."

Fall on a desert island

"Yes, I'm alone."

"Thanks, but I already have my 'support bubble' right here."

"It all started when I read somewhere that happiness is an inside job. Naturally, I assumed some breaking and entering was involved."

"Time like these make me wish we had sprung for that apartment with a park view."

"It's all about you, isn't it?"

Socially distanced sledding

A man on a desert island writes 'Have a nice day' in glass bottles repeatedly.

"It's scary how empty I feel inside. It's Easter, but I'm feeling like Hollow-een"

"Why do you feel like you're lost?"

Telling Self to Buzz Off

"Are you there now, Linda? Are you in that happy, safe place that brings you peace and assurance, and deep contentment?"

"It all began when I was a boy. The aroma of freshly baked bread was everywhere, choking me with it's calm, soothing and nutritious lies..."

"It's a pizza leaflet..."

"You're going to create the same problems on the way down as you created on the way up."

Paranoia Clinic

"You're sucking all the fun out of my misery."

First you say I should "know thyself" and then you tell me to extinguish my ego!

"It's from the Hendersons. They want us to come over this weekend."

Remote work

"I'm fine going all zoom."

"No one understands me."

Turtle to counselor: 'If you don't mind I won't lay on my back.'

"I've never really felt comfortable in my comfort zone."

'Fersteimer believes in strictly minding his own business.'

In a twist on "It's A Wonderful Life," sometimes I wonder what the world would have been like if I HAD existed.

"Avoiding something, aren't we?"