This pandemic has created challenges for us all. I hear a lot of people getting upset with themselves for feeling like they should be able to do more (shoulds are generally dangerous) with all the time they have at home, with their children, while out of work, etc... The truth is, our brains are handling a lot more than usual right now!
I found this article in The New Yorker to be helpful in understanding how hard our brains are working right now: https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/our-brains-explain-the-seasons-sadness. Grief is all around us right now. Even if you have not lost someone to Covid, your life has likely changed significantly since the beginning of 2020. In those changes, most of us have lost something, whether it is big, like the loss of a job or housing, or seemingly smaller, like the loss of an anticipated event or not being able to go to your favorite restaurant. Even making choices that you feel good about, like not gathering with loved ones for holidays, might fit with your values and be a conscious choice, though there will still be a component of grief. It is important to acknowledge this grief. This grief is different than the grief of losing a loved one and I would argue that it is equally as important to address. This article talks about why it is important and provides some strategies for coping: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/articles/202006/loss Here is an article from NPR that talks about the grief of missing milestones: https://www.npr.org/2020/12/31/950863509/missed-milestones-to-faded-friendships-the-unacknowledged-grief-of-2020 |
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