I recently heard that a certain percentage of survivors of the influenza epidemic of the early 1900s manifested Post Traumatic Stress Disorder for a handful of years after the dying stopped. The journalist in me wondered how modern Americans could determine an accurate percentage for something that happened a century ago -- particularly given that… Continue reading Is Post Pandemic Stress Syndrome a thing?
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The cure for fretting
“Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength.” Corrie ten Boom, Dutch writer and Nazi-resisting firebrand It's not so much that life comes at you fast, it's that it comes in bursts. That's what happened over the weekend -- a sudden storm of quiet desperation that came from just… Continue reading The cure for fretting
Nora Edinger -- JOY Journal 