Monday, May 10, 2021

Welcome Languishers Welcome

 


We are in the middle of Mental Health Awareness Month so today I will explore the idea of Languishing a term that now is being used to describe the mental health state of many of us as we move into a post-vaccinated world. 

One definition for languishing is: 
Not depression or sadness, but rather the absence of feeling good about your life. Languishing is also the lack of meaning, purpose or belonging in life, which leads to emptiness, lack of emotion and stagnation.
This spring personally I have experienced extended periods of languishing or in the words of Buffy The Vampire Slayer:
Every single night the same arrangement
I go out and fight the fight
Still I always feel the strangest strangement
Nothing here is real, nothing here is right

I've been making shows of trading blows
Just hoping no one knows that I've been going through the motions
Walking through the part
Nothing seems to penetrate my heart

For me it is expressing itself as low energy, low focus, and low executive functioning. The support networks and self care than worked during Covid feel like they are getting stale and not working as well anymore and all to often everything just feels a little harder than normal. Personally I still can find joy in things but just find the day to day mundane stuff is more annoying than normal and it takes me more energy to get up and do.

It is helpful to acknowledge that there are many others who are feeling the same way right now. And we all have to give ourselves more space to have grace. When you find yourself in the middle of languishing make sure you celebrate the little victories, find healthy escapism, and connect. Connect to other people, Connect to other characters, Connect to anything that brings you joy and belonging. Right now may be a challenge for you, but there is another side to your story where you end up flourishing. 


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