Addressing the COVID-19 Meltdown
These past two months of the COVID-19 pandemic have been a perfect shit storm for my mental wellness. Just normalizing for anyone else out there who might be circling the drain with me. A general outline of therapy interventions to help: Identify the problem -> Normalize and Validate difficult feelings -> Examine what values are being challenged -> Make meaning or provide a positive reframe -> Examine personal role in struggles -> Develop a self-care plan Identify the Problem 1) The huge portion of my time spent on mental health advocacy in Rabun has been an uphill battle with countless disappointments too ridiculous to name. We have NO community mental health clinic in our entire county, and somehow people think this is okay. 2) My aunt who was basically a second mom to me as a child died by suicide in April. 3) My family members criticized my efforts to...