Encore - Waiting, worrying and dealing with uncertainty, with Kate Sweeny, PhD
Speaking of Psychology
The Uncertainty of Waiting
This year has been marked by intense uncertainty and stress for many of us. Is it more stressful to wait through a period of uncertainty without knowing the end date, like the pandemic? We have found that waiting has a shape such that the beginning and end is the hardest and the middle tends to be easier. There just is no moment of truth at this point, or there are many of them, I guess maybe, but no one singular end to our uncertainty.
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