Global COVID Depression

[Blueruth]

If you feel weary over covid which I see in a lot of posts know that you are not the only one. This is definitely felt from wherever you are to wherever you aren't. If like me, you live alone without family in the area or many friends it is especially painful and exhausting. I feel like I am part of an overlooked segment of the population.

“This sense of endlessness, accompanied by growing psychological distress leading to depression, was a recurrent theme in two dozen interviews conducted in Asia, Europe, Africa and the Americas. After two years of zigzagging policy and roller coaster emotions, terrible loss and tantalizing false dawns, closing borders and intermittently shuttered schools, people’s resilience has dwindled.

That is sure to pose new challenges for leaders trying to protect their people and their economies. Will the weary obey new restrictions, or risk seeing family and friends after months of forced separation? The question of just how draconian leaders can be when people’s mental health has become so fragile appears to be a core dilemma as the pandemic enters its third year."

nytimes.com/2021/12/13/worl...

[Imaaan]

Last night in conversation my friend said that this virus has taken a massive toll on all of our psyche one way or another and I couldn't agree more. A rollercoaster of emotions is an apt description that befits the ordeal of having to deal with this pandemic.

[Blueruth in reply to Imaaan]

We just aren't designed for this. For most people this is 6 years of stress. I don't even remember when I felt optimistic about this country anymore. And the next election season has begun.

[Gadzukes]

I agree 100%. This pandemic has done so much harm psychologically to so many of us I’m afraid. And boy in this country the division is even causing more anxiety, at least in my case. I wish you well Blueruth