*3.2. Social Relationships*

Patients revealed a strong inclination to feel "others" negatively (87%), as other people were considered to be disrespectful, self-oriented, or dangerous and were to be avoided. Thus, relationships were commonly seen as characterized by lack of empathy, indifference, and detachment. In the control group, we also found a clear tendency to perceive other people negatively (80%). However, in the control group, the image of "others" was that of insecure, frightened, suspicious, avoidant, and elusive people, although considered only slightly inaccessible and deserving of being turned away.

A small percentage (6%) of our patients, on the contrary, stressed the empathic attitude toward others who were then sharing the common fragility state. In the control group, 20% reported social relations positively stating how useful it was to protect each other by avoiding contact and discovering new ways of social interaction even with neighbors. Only 7% of patients stated that they did not feel significant changes. The proportion of participants who experienced social relationships as dangerous or positive was not significantly different between groups (*X*2(1, *N* = 25) = 0.7, *p* = 0.068).

#### *3.3. Daily Routine changes*

No significant differences between groups were observed in the rate of participants experiencing negative or positive reactions to modified daily activities (*X*2(1, *N* = 25) = 0.3, *p* = 0.802).

Sixty percent of patients described boring moments, monotony, weakness, and stress for web lessons, limitation of normal activities, prohibitions in moving to familial places and seeing relatives, and the need for repetitive hand hygiene procedures. Likewise, the majority of control subjects (80%) demonstrated a negative reaction regarding the monotony of daily life, which was felt as difficulty in commitment to following rules, in the need for space and temporal organization, and in the occurrence of sleep–awake rhythm problems.

On the contrary, 20% of patients stated that they felt more relaxed and helped by the family dedicating more time to them. In addition, 20% of controls felt the changes positively, having more free time for themselves and for their domestic activities. Among patients, 20% felt that there were no changes in their daily routine.
