“Among the urgent needs facing people around the world—face masks and ventilators, sick leave and rent relief, cooperation on a global scale—mental health doesn’t feel quite so acute, but it’s suffering all the same,” writes halemur
Photo: Fiorella Macor/EyeEm/Getty Images Since going into isolation, I’ve developed a Girl Scout’s fixation with making my bed. Every morning, as if a troop leader were waiting with a whistle between her teeth, I dutifully square the pillows and whip the duvet across the mattress until it’s lined up just so.
The Perfect Conditions for Pessimism Among the urgent needs facing people around the world—face masks and ventilators, sick leave and rent relief, cooperation on a global scale—mental health doesn’t feel quite so acute, but it’s suffering all the same.
My first days in isolation, before I understood the serious psychological effects of withdrawing from everyday life, I felt guilty for feeling like a shell of my former self. I may have been facing some employment instability, but I knew I was one of the lucky ones, my rent paid and pantry stocked, at least for a little while.
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