![]() We know this is temporary, but it doesn’t feel that way, and we realize things will be different… The loss of normalcy the fear of economic toll the loss of connection. We feel the world has changed, and it has. Yes, and we’re feeling a number of different griefs. – Excerpted from The New York Times: “On Coronavirus Lockdown? Look for Meaning, Not Happiness” ![]() A nationally representative poll conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation finds that nearly half of all Americans - 45 percent - feel that the coronavirus has negatively affected their mental health. – Excerpted from Yale Child Study Center:“Understanding & Coping with Reactions in a Pandemic”įeelings of anxiety, helplessness and grief are rising as people face an increasingly uncertain future - and nearly everyone has been touched by loss. When we are facing threats to our health, our safety, and financial security, and also dealing with the impact of social isolation and a massive disruption of normal routines of daily life, our minds and bodies respond in powerful ways… When we no longer feel in control and in charge of ourselves, on top of our limited control of the world around us, we become more prone to changes in mood. We are living through a time of fear and disruption of daily life that most of us have never experienced. Here are ways in which the current situation and its challenges for all of us have been described: This is where I begin the discussion of shifting perspectives. ![]() You can have the sensation that this is not real – and then settle into the reality of living your life and then something else may happen that brings back the surreal feeling. This sense comes and goes depending on what is happening at the moment. At times, it feels as if we are living someone else’s life – in someone else’s body. In conversations with clients, friends, and colleagues, and in the materials I have read from numerous mental health sources, the word “surreal” is often used to describe the feeling of this time when we are living through the COVID-19 pandemic.
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