treat the pandemic the same way you would normally treat a particularly bad episode of your depression

If only I could. Unfortunately, "go to a con and spend a weekend being extroverted around a bunch of your friends while getting lots of hugs" is not very practical under the circumstances, no matter how well it worked as a way of coping with my divorce.

(I am using other mechanisms to the extent possible, but several of my more routine go-to choices are similarly blocked.)