Suffering Alone from COVID-19 Stress?
By: Dwight Bain, LMHC, NCC Acceptance may be the solution “Unprecedented” is how many describe COVID-19 because our culture has nothing to compare with the devastating levels of fear and change. The coronavirus crisis is different from other community crisis events like hurricanes, economic recessions, or mass shootings like the Pulse massacre because it just goes on and on. This prolonged exposure to uncertainty, fears of being laid-off, coupled with trying to home school while working from home or searching for toilet paper and hand sanitizer can be mentally numbing. Not to mention the very real risk of a disease described by Surgeon General Jerome Adams as "ten times more contagious than the flu" The traumatic stress of coronavirus and the extended lockdown can be emotionally overwhelming to many, especially the aged, children and those over-exposed to negative media. This pandemic has been one of the most stressful experiences many Americans have ex...