Per Paloma Sacramento, psychologist
They imposed an invitation on us: live with your vulnerability and the lack of control that exists.
O Covid-19, Corona virus or even Corona (for those close to us) imposed an invitation on us to experience our vulnerability up close. He didn't ask if he could come in and have afternoon coffee with us: he simply arrived and imposed changes on our lives.
The lives of approximately 7.5 billion people who inhabit planet Earth have undergone changes in different ways.
Este não é o primeiro vírus que causa isso e, certamente, não será o último. Existem incontáveis outras situações que nos impõem mudanças tão drásticas em nossas vidas – como doenças incuráveis, perda de familiares, tragédias ambientais e tantas outras que eu poderia passar horas listando.
This is the first time that our generation has experienced a drama together and it is also the first time that together we have feared for death, for the economic crisis, for the bread that may be missing from our table or for the absence of someone who may not be there. with us in the coming months (and the uncertainty of not knowing if we will be too). Estamos vivendo em isolamento físico mas, com certeza, nossas emoções estão em níveis muito próximos. Não é nada arriscado afirmar que a maioria de nós acorda todos os dias com medo, mais ansiosos do que de costume, com mais saudades e com um incômodo – que mesmo sendo vívido e intenso – é difícil de reconhecer e nomear.
We were thrown and locked face to face with our vulnerability and, eye to eye, she has shown us that all the control we believed existed was a mere creation of our heads.
There is no control. Life is unpredictable.
This whole situation causes us grief and each one experiences it in a different way. It can be a grief experienced due to the loss of freedom, time, money, job or people. If you lost something in this situation, you will certainly go through grief and experience the pain of loss. Some will experience it more intensely, others less, some will go through all the stages of grief, others will not. I dare say that most of us are living outside our window of tolerance: we are at our extreme.
So, if you've been feeling more anxious, tired, less focused, irritated, hopeless and worried, it's okay! It's part of that invitation. All of us, on different levels, are feeling this way.
Apesar de tudo, quero te contar uma coisa: esse convite de conviver com a nossa vulnerabilidade tem seu lado bom – e sim, eu sou dessas pessoas que enxergam o copo meio cheio. Vulnerability is not negative, as many believe. She is the center of all emotions and sensations and, with it (in addition to fear, guilt, feelings of not belonging and shame), love, acceptance, joy, courage, empathy, creativity, trust and authenticity also walk.
To feel is to be vulnerable.
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