The advice is really to give yourself some space to process this stuff. This was something i did personally, especially after the 20 20 students got back. I think one thing we forget is that grief takes a long time. But there can be these tiny spaces where we allow ourselves to process negative emotions. And it's worth recognizing and recognizing how much you're just socked in by all of our bad news. There's lots of evidence for what's called post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) Yet we've heard about this idea of dramatic growth from stressful situations. We know that trama's call us 'troubled', but are we willing to take on such an ordeal?
Covid brought disruption and despair... but it also caused many of us to think about our lives and what is most important to us. Listener Dr Amy Comander, Director of Lifestyle Medicine at the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, wants to know how we can apply lessons from the pandemic to improve our happiness as we return to normalcy.
Amy helps teach cancer survivors wellbeing tips - and also happens to be an old college lab partner of Dr Laurie Santos - so we invited her to host this episode and quiz Laurie on how to lead a happier post-pandemic life.
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