Can confinement have serious repercussions on young couple relationships? This is the concern of Angela, a shy young girl who, after having spent some time before falling into the arms of a boy, also of a reserved nature, has finally dared to take the plunge. But this step took place just before confinement, and now she is afraid of losing the complicity of her couple. In "Sans Rendez-vous" this Wednesday, sexologist and psychoanalyst Catherine Blanc reassures her and explains that the relationship will "be able to rebuild", even if it is necessary to deal with "the fears linked to deconfinement".
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Angela's question
"I met a boy just before confinement, it took us a while to find ourselves in each other's arms, and finally dare to have some privacy. But with the epidemic I fear that we've lost our bond and that shyness will return. I'm afraid I will have to go through all the steps again, what do you think? "
Catherine Blanc's response
"If they lose their budding complicity it will not be because of confinement, but simply because they have difficulty in establishing it. These are people who are certainly in the difficulty of creating a bond, and when in a filial way they dare, it's confinement. Especially since the situation has given them a good hideout, but it could be the same with summer vacations, a business trip ... It doesn't take much when you are so little ready to come out of your shell to give yourself all the excuses to return.
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To the extent that they have made efforts, that they have found pleasure in it and even a little bit of self-confidence, they will gradually find this path. Things have already been written, and this situation may be an opportunity to recount the times of silence. But of course, it will have to do with the latency of confinement and the fears linked to deconfinement: namely to confront again with others. If I am someone who finds it difficult to get in touch with the other, and if all the people I meet on my way represent a risk of contamination with coronavirus, this difficulty is increased. It will therefore have to do with reality.
This relationship will nevertheless be able to take more time for the pretext of barrier gestures, but also be able to redo, and smiles are exchanged despite the masks.
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Maybe deconfinement will on the contrary liberate them and they will go through the stages saying to themselves 'we only have one life'?
It is possible for people who have the psychology to say to themselves that the worst is to miss the stages of their life. But for shy, modest people, who feel that being outdoors is a danger, they are able to forget their existence and miss a lot of trains. "