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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a mom of older kids, I'm confused why everyone things the pandemic told them something new. Yes the pandemic sucked but we weren't supported before the pandemic either. [/quote]

Yes, thank you, I was coming to post this. All of these things were issues before the pandemic and they are issues after.

I'm not sure why everyone blames the pandemic for everything that's wrong with life. [/quote]

Is "everyone" blaming the pandemic for "everything" that is wrong with life? Is that something people are doing in this thread? Examples please.[/quote]

I'm not discounting that Covid was hard. It was, and it was harder for some than others. But raising kids and balancing family needs vs work etc was always hard pre Covid and continued to be hard today. So it's hard to tease out what was caused by Covid and what is just caused by life. And now Covid shutdown was a few years in the past, I think it's time to really start examining factors other than Covid if people are currently suffering. [/quote]

What's happening with OP and others who feel similarly is that their mental health has not recovered from Covid.  Covid affected all of our mental health.  Most have rebounded in that regard.  For those who haven't, it's not that they had it the hardest during covid; it's more likely that their mental health was poorer to begin with or their brains were literally less well calibrated to handle it and bounce back.  It tracks with what OP is saying about having unsupportive parents -- that kind of childhood affects how your brain develops.  The inertia, lethargy, indecision, anxiousness, and hopelessness she is describing...she hasn't lost her groove or in a funk because she had no childcare for X amount of months; her mental health is suffering, and that does, in a way, track back to Covid.  [/quote]

DP.  I don't disagree but you seem to be implying that OP's mental health is unusual - the national statistics about skyrocketing anxiety and depression (42%), as well as burnout (40-98%), across every age and demographic and especially in younger adults,  in the country shows that you are the one who is in the minority.  Good for you!  That's great! But don't assume that everyone else is like you.  Because, mostly, we're not.  [/quote]

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