Post by Mya on Feb 17, 2022 8:08:11 GMT
‘We’re over it and we want to get over it’: Mental health counselor gives tips to fight pandemic fatigue
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The nation is into year three of the pandemic. However, according to Dr. Anthony Fauci, the coronavirus could be behind us come spring.
So, how do we stay strong until we reach the finish line?
News 8 spoke with Kimble Richardson, a licensed mental health counselor at Community Health Network, who says one reason we’re all exhausted is because our emotions have been buried for so long.
“We were asked to pivot so quickly and become task oriented,” Richardson said. “We had a goal. We had a focus. We were told what to do and we did it, and we did it and did it. And what happens is, even though those skills were going very well for many of us, what we also did was we had to put emotions on the back burner. And what I mean by that is we would’ve been so overwhelmed by our emotions we would have been falling apart if we didn’t.”
www.wishtv.com/news/medical/were-over-it-and-we-want-to-get-over-it-mental-health-counselor-gives-tips-to-fight-pandemic-fatigue/
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The nation is into year three of the pandemic. However, according to Dr. Anthony Fauci, the coronavirus could be behind us come spring.
So, how do we stay strong until we reach the finish line?
News 8 spoke with Kimble Richardson, a licensed mental health counselor at Community Health Network, who says one reason we’re all exhausted is because our emotions have been buried for so long.
“We were asked to pivot so quickly and become task oriented,” Richardson said. “We had a goal. We had a focus. We were told what to do and we did it, and we did it and did it. And what happens is, even though those skills were going very well for many of us, what we also did was we had to put emotions on the back burner. And what I mean by that is we would’ve been so overwhelmed by our emotions we would have been falling apart if we didn’t.”
www.wishtv.com/news/medical/were-over-it-and-we-want-to-get-over-it-mental-health-counselor-gives-tips-to-fight-pandemic-fatigue/