i listened to the WHO interview with a mental health specialist & this is what I gathered to be the factors triggering anxiety & depression in the current covid-19 pandemic we're experiencing for a year now:
>isolation
>fatigue
>UNCERTAINTY
>disruption of routine
>people, including family members, getting sick of the virus
>grief over the loss of a loved one
my reflection:
it's like an ACE (adverse childhood experience) wherein we regress back to our HELPLESS childhood experience and the parents who are supposed to be pillars of SAFETY & SECURITY are themselves UNSAFE & INSECURE & SCIENCE (& technology) that is supposed to have all the ANSWERS do NOT have them & are INCAPABLE of fighting this virus that has mutated into various strains & difficult to follow with the vaccines that have been developed.
our ultimate anchor: GOD, the ALMIGHTY (Omnipotent, Omniscient, Omnipresent), the IMMUTABLE, UNCHANGING, ENDLESS LOVE. this time is a time to re-discover the God of the impossible, as shared by fr domie guzman, ssp in his homily today. his prayer is: "Lord, STOP this pandemic because we know (in faith) that You can do it, You only have to say it & it will happen!"
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