It’s not just you. If you’re a parent in America right now, you’re probably running through all the emotions, especially as back-to-school season looms: anxiety, fear, and, maybe most of all, numbness.
And that numbness is entirely natural. As Olivia Bergeron, who runs Mommy Groove Therapy & Parent Coaching in New York City, told senior reporter Catherine Pearson (herself a mom of two boys), “After being on high alert for so long, it’s entirely understandable that numbness would set in. No one can sustain a state of emergency for any length of time. We weren’t built that way. Fight or flight is supposed to be a temporary state to ensure survival, not a permanent way of living.”
So if you’re feeling… nothing… that’s OK. That’s your mind basically telling you it’s in overdrive and has to work on coping. I know that’s how I’m feeling.
If you want to know more about this numbness, check out Catherine’s great article here. |
