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The Art of the Pandemic Meltdown is a trending Wall Street Journal piece and my guest is the WSJ columnist who wrote it. Elizabeth Bernstein, has gone to a lot of trouble to educate us all on ‘how to lose it properly’.
The sheer effort of trying to hold it together during all these turbulent months, through a pandemic and quarantine, working from home and home schooling, civil unrest and the most divisive public discourse in several lifetimes has taken its toll on…everyone. I’ve always loved Elizabeths’ reporting style. The big takeaway from her story this time is that we’re all likely going to snap at some point and there’s a right and wrong to snap.
“Something seemingly small happens and suddenly you’re screaming alone in your car or sobbing to your dog about, well, everything.” “People lost control of their emotions before 2020, of course. But we’re doing it a whole lot more now because of our sustained levels of stress, anger and fear. We’re overwhelmed by constant bad news. We’re exhausted by the need to be ever-vigilant. It’s no wonder our fuses are short.”
“Not all meltdowns are created equal” and you’ll learn how to have a proper meltdown on todays’ episode.
Elizabeth Bernstein writes the “Bonds: On Relationships” column for the Wall Street Journal, which explores social psychology and the manifold aspects of human interactions. How we can best relate—to others and to ourselves.
Elizabeth Bernstein
