This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. A psychologist told Business Insider that the pandemic has "fostered a broader societal acceptance of spending time alone." Young people are prioritizing recharging over partying on the weekendsKwong told Business Insider she's been feeling this way for about a year. The pandemic has 'reduced social pressures,' a psychologist notedYasmine Saad, a licensed clinical psychologist, told BI that weekends feeling "different" now could be due to the pandemic and other global events and adversities that cause stress. This could suggest that people no longer feel the obligation they once did to hang out with friends on the weekends.

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