When You Fear Not Being in Control
Households across the world are aglow from screens delivering coronavirus updates. They’re also replete with fear.
Leslie worries about her aging husband, whose health has been in slow decline since he turned 65. Tom knows he has no control over his pregnant wife’s health (or their baby’s) and goes to sleep nervous every night. Jessica is scared about her kids’ safety when they have to run to the grocery store, and Ron fears contracting the disease when he goes to work at the nursing home. Brittany can’t seem to control her anxiety over the virus, but it comes on full force at random moments, and she fears the next unexpected attack.
Then there are fears surrounding policies and quarantines, as people anxiously await the choices their leaders will make, choices that are out of th...