There’s a Name for the Blah You’re #Feeling: It’s Called #Languishing
source: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/19/well/mind/covid-mental-health-languishing.html
At first, I didn’t recognize the symptoms that we all had in common. Friends mentioned that they were having trouble concentrating. Colleagues reported that even with vaccines on the horizon, they weren’t excited about 2021. A family member was staying up late to watch “National Treasure” again even though she knows the movie by heart. And instead of bouncing out of bed at 6 a.m., I was lying there until 7, playing Words with Friends. It wasn’t #burnout — we still had #energy. It wasn’t #depression — we didn’t feel hopeless. We just felt somewhat #joyless and #aimless. It turns out there’s a name for that: languishing.
