It took a long time for Kaitlyn to admit she felt so lonely, as she was ashamed to do so.
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I didn’t. He was born in August of 2019. So he, right when I was ready to like, I remember thinking I was so excited to start taking him out more. Come out of like our baby cocoon. And then COVID happened that March. So yeah, so that was kind of – I didn’t think that COVID really affected us very much until I realised like how terrible I still felt. And how isolated I felt because it took me a long time to admit that I felt so lonely. Because I don’t know why there’s like so much shame with admitting that you’re lonely, but there is. That’s how I feel yeah. Like it’s definitely like a defeat to admit that you feel like you don’t belong, or you’re isolated.
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