“Geographical confinement is also emotional confinement. According to Serge Hefez, psychiatrist and marital therapist, the travel restrictions imposed by the government during the Covid-19 epidemic will be "an ordeal for the couple". While some French people will enter a period of anxiety linked to the fear of confinement, their spouses will have the task of reassuring them in order to make life easier under the same roof.
“Every day, establishing a timetable for two is very important for distinguishing the moments to spend together, moments when everyone will be in their own bubble. For Serge Hefez, it is crucial to know how to "organize a couple" in order to prevent potential criticisms linked to a poor distribution of tasks.
Confinement is above all a time to think about joint projects. "When the present is motionless like this," he explains, "it allows us to revisit the past and to plan things for the future." Thus, more than usual, the closed session necessarily becomes a moment to "tackle the substantive subjects", a moment to "get to the heart of the relationship".