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Hitting the Pandemic Wall
Here's an excerpt from a resonant article from the website The Shine:
In 2020, "social distancing" creeped into our lexicon—and today, "pandemic wall" is a new go-to phrase for folks looking to explain the fatigue that's set in after a year of navigating COVID-19.
Coined in a now-viral tweet by WNYC radio host Tanzina Vega, “pandemic wall” encompasses the exacerbated depression, anxiety, grief, fatigue, and utter exhaustion directly related to the toll of this pandemic.
“Lots of people - including me - are hitting what I’m calling the pandemic wall this week,” Tanzina wrote. “The burnout from working non stop, no break from news, childcare and isolation is hard.”
While it may not be a medical term yet, the struggle of navigating this time is showing up in data. A new study shows that 1 in 3 adults are anxious or depressed due to COVID-19. And for young adults, the numbers are even more jarring, with the prevlance of anxiety three times as high in 2020 than in 2019 and depression four times as high.
Tip of the Day
Did you take your pills?
It's so easy to forget medication, especially as depression saps your will to do anything, your ability to care about self-care, and your memory.
Daily alarms on your phone, sorting your pills into daily units and putting the pillboxes on your bathroom counter, post-its on the bathroom mirror, phone apps...
Find a way to stay consistent. It's key to monitoring and maximizing the effectiveness of meds.
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