I believe we have been trained to think stress is a personal flaw. That if you are overwhelmed, you simply lack discipline. That if you are anxious, you just need better coping skills. I refuse that explanation. Manufactured stress is built into the structure of modern life, and until we…
I am not willing to pretend that what we are seeing right now is normal. I am not willing to accept that waking up anxious, living on edge, snapping at people we love, and feeling chronically exhausted is just “modern life.” I believe we have normalized a state of nervous…
