Welcome to week three in ‘Corona World,’ which is what I have been calling the surreal new world we find ourselves in. Until just a few mornings ago, I was waking up and asking myself, “is this really happening?” Now I’m getting used to it. Our brave and dedicated healthcare workers haven’t had this luxury as it is all too real for them.
While this is a collective crisis, we all have subjective emotional responses; if we have a loved one who is a health worker or have vulnerable parents for example, we may worry more about possible negative outcomes. My father-in-law lives near the epicentre of the COVID-19 outbreak in northern Italy where the death toll on a daily basis is almost unimaginable. Having a loved one there makes the scale of the threat seem very real to me and the physical impact of this fear meant I was struggling to sleep one night as I thought of the enormity of it all.
However, you feel right now I want to help you through this.
One thing that had a profoundly positive impact on my own level of anxiety occurred that restless night during the week, after hearing again about the increasing death toll in Italy. I had a powerful thought that really helped me; what if I could be free from fear? I immediately felt lighter and free from the clawing fear I had been suffering from. I slept well that night and have done so every night since. The realisation that my sadness at the desperate loss of life across the world was accompanied by FEAR was cathartic; feeling sad without being fearful engenders empathy, kindness and compassion whereas fear disconnects and can lead to panic, irrationality and blame.
At this challenging time, I would ask you to cocoon your mind and take the time to get to know, understand and ultimately love yourself more. Finding yourself now in a situation you couldn’t probably have imagined in your wildest dreams, provides you with the opportunity to show how resilient, adaptable and loving you are.
Be sad. Be grateful. Laugh. Cry. Feel and process the full range of your emotions. Above all, keep hope in your heart for this will pass and all of us will emerge into a world more awakened to love and compassion.
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