Don't forget the emotional toll of financial devastation, be it a small business, lay-off, furlough, etc. People will be suffering this for possibly the rest of their lives.
People are really forgetting about this. It's not just the minimum wage retail workers or restaurant owners, people are being crushed throughout society.
absolutely. due to habits i have that are very ingrained and related to what i am normally writing in a work environment, i use words that are deliberately not inflammatory or provocative. most situations i deal with require that. in this case ‘challenging’ was a pretty extreme understatement. the things you mention are extreme stresses. ‘challenging’ doesn’t begin to describe it. and i agree with you, i think people world-wide will feels the effects for the rest of their lives - a form of global PTS.
Which is to say nothing of already abusive couples, or children of abusive parents.
The past few weeks have made me incredibly grateful that I have a partner with whom I can support (and they support me) and that we can also be perfectly honest about when we need some space from eachother without hurting each other's feelings.
A good friend of mine is at his wit's end. He has a wonderful family, but he's also very introverted and needs solitude in order to be productive (he normally works from home, but without his wife or son) Without ready access to personal time he's really suffering.
yeah - my SO and i have been stepping on each other’s last nerve on a daily basis (very abnormal for us). we have to make very deliberate effort to give each other some space - and not just physical space. i can only imagine what it would be like if our stress level was higher than it is, and we had more than each other to manage.
on a slightly lighter note, my SO was on a call with a colleague, and the dude told him that his neighbor brought his young daughter out into their backyard and she stood there and screamed super loud for a few seconds, and then her dad took her back in the house. i might try that myself. :laughing
