Tag: COVID-19

Last year, as summer approached, I wrote about the emotion sometimes referred to as cave syndrome. It’s the feeling one gets, upon nearing the end of a troubling time, of reluctance to emerge… more emotion Resilience Fatigue

It feels as if we stand at the mouth of a cave that has kept us safely hidden during dangerous times, worried about what happens if we leave it behind

A few weeks after the COVID-19 shutdowns began, people began to articulate a new emotional concept: Zoom fatigue. At first, those who were new to working from home marveled at how much they… more emotion Zoom Fatigue

When we seek out human company, but the people around us turn to their smartphones rather than interacting with us, we feel phubbed. It’s a momentary insult, but we can get over it…. more emotion Phoneliness

Panic is named after the half-human, half-animal Greek god Pan, who was said to have the ability to inspire an irresistable, desperate urge to run away, as if a terrifying doom was about… more emotion Panic

Anhedonia is the realization that experiences that once brought pleasure no longer do.

People are animals, evolved on a wild planet. Yet, in recent generations, the majority of human life is experienced apart from nature. Under the COVID-19 pandemic, this separation from the natural world was… more emotion Chrysalism