Adaption and Resilience while living through COVID-19
October 22, 2020
Home has become many things in the age of COVID-19. It is the office, the gym, the salon, the closest restaurant — and for many parents, it is now the classroom. The shift to distance learning has been a major transition for everyone, leaving even the most organized and energetic parents feeling overwhelmed by the…
I often hear men describing a gap between what they are feeling and what they are expected to feel, and that makes it even worse. “Why am I complaining?” I often hear. “I was raised to be strong and to tough it out. If I was in a third world country, or a prisoner, I could understand that I might feel unhappy and angry. But I live a pretty good life, in a nice house with a beautiful family. This is all I ever wanted, so why am I not happy? Why do I feel that things are not right? Why the anger and irritability?”
Delaina Dixon It was a break up that led Soo Jin to make a drastic change in her life … and her location. “I didn’t experience my first heartbreak until I was 31 with the guy who I thought was the one,” she says. “When that didn’t go over the way I thought it would—with…
School is an essential and consistent part of a young adult’s life, and when that becomes restricted, their whole world is turned upside down. They are being taught to be afraid of getting COVID-19. They carry the burden that even if they go to college, they may be bringing COVID-19 back to their homes and getting their parents or grandparents sick. They are now responsible for keeping up with the curriculum and pioneering a novel educational structure. Not an easy feat.
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