That Helplessness You're Feeling Is A Trauma Response

“This pandemic has made the past two years of life and living feel heavy. This is not to say that life was anything close to easy before COVID-19 and all of its mutated minions entered the picture. Prior to 2020, there were millions of families, children, and communities struggling with the stress and burden of poverty exacerbated by decades of underinvestment in rural, urban, and suburban America.”

“Healing from trauma is difficult and is not a linear journey; it takes many fits and starts for a trauma survivor to feel safe and secure. It’s also difficult to heal from trauma when you’re still in the middle of it. While many are proclaiming they are “over it” and burying their heads, the omicron variant has quickly surged through schools and communities, once again causing hospitals to operate above capacity and leaving medically fragile people in limbo.”

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