How do my fellow houstonians feel about returning to the gym?

I hope I don’t get downvoted to hell. I’m a 20-something who lives alone (well, I do have a grouchy cat), and I was only about 5 months into living in Houston when the pandemic hit. I don’t have any family or close-friends in Texas.

I haven’t gotten the opportunity to build much of a community here, but I was/am an avid gym-goer. I had joined my local YMCA, but stopped going back in March for obvious reasons.

I’m trying to do my part by staying in doors, working from home, and having my groceries delivered (in the process of an AC compressor repair)/picked up (when my car gets fixed).

I haven’t yet returned to the gym because I feel super guilty. But the gym was an important social outlet for me. I’m super introverted, but I feel like I’m losing my mind by having no human interaction. I struggle with anxiety and depression, and this isolation has been really difficult as a single adult.

I have been working out at home, but I was wanting to get some advice from anyone who is in a similar position.

Should I continue to stay home? Or, do you think it would be reasonable to start going back to the gym again?

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