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The Grief that Goes Unseen
Sometimes, we only share what we want people to see. We only paint half the picture because we don’t want to share what the rest looks like
The pandemic has affected many areas of our lives, but among them, probably the most affected has been the way in which we interact with one another. Of course, navigating this experience has been wildly different for everyone.
For those of us who are more on the introverted side and take comfort in isolation, we’ve surprisingly thrived. However, for others of us who feed off of constant social interaction and need the physical presence of friends, we’ve fallen into somewhat of a state of depression.
For me, I’ve been more on the side of the former. But, that doesn’t mean I haven’t had my fair share of depression. I’ve just done a better job at hiding it. And I think that’s been the case for most people (if not everyone) who’ve had to effectively suffer in silence over the course of the past year and a half.
The problem is, how do we know what people are actually going through if they’re not talking about it? And that’s where a lot of the disconnect happens.
Since the pandemic struck, we turned to the internet, to our phones, to our televisions, to podcasts, movies…
