Holiday Mental Health & 2020 Holiday Disappointment
Holiday mental health can be a genuine concern, and this year, many people are dealing with an especially high level of holiday disappointment.
Holiday mental health can be a genuine concern, and this year, many people are dealing with an especially high level of holiday disappointment.
The question of how to feel secure is usually not something we would especially associate with the holidays---but this year is different. Usually the Holidays are a time when we mostly don't have to worry about how to feel secure. For many of us, Christmas,…
It might seem odd that a post on "taking the responsibility" is in my series on "Emotions of the Pandemic", but there's a good reason for including it. hat's because "taking the responsibility" is connected with an individual's feelings of responsibility. While such feelings do…
This week, we're in the realm of shadow. Most people wouldn't answer the question "Am I a loser?" in the affirmative. Yet perhaps we've suffered self-doubt, and asked the question. We live in a culture where this term is bandied about, and all too often,…
Here we are, in the midst of the pandemic, and in the middle of a brutally stressful economic and political period. Is it any wonder that we carry hidden emotions?
If we're going to honestly look at all the "Emotions of the Pandemic", one emotion that many experience is being disgusted by people! Being disgusted by people is a more frequent emotion during this unusual 2020 period than most of us would care to admit.…
In this post, I'm moving slightly away from my recent posts on "Emotions of the Pandemic", to examine hope and trust. Hope and trust might seem like they're very important things in a major life transition such as this pandemic period, and of course they…
You might not think of boredom as an emotion, but it is. In fact, it's one of the most widely experienced "Emotions of the Pandemic". Boredom is one definite aspect of what we're experiencing in the pandemic. Certainly, this lockdown period is a time of…
We may be used to thinking of anxiety as a "disorder" or a "problem, but as the American Psychological Association reminds us, is an emotion characterized by feelings of tension, worried thoughts and physical changes like increased blood pressure. Anxiety is a regular part of…
Whether we're conscious of it or not, we're all struggling with how to deal with grief and loss during this COVID-19 period. I've chosen the subject of grief for this second post in my series on “The Emotions of the Pandemic” because grief is such…