I was shocked the first time someone said "It has started to feel normal to me." Normal?! Not being at the bedside of a dying person is normal?! Not letting your kids share their toys is normal?! Not breathing freely is normal?! Small businesses closing in normal?!
I suspect that this period in the last few years has led to the greatest reduction in wellbeing in the history of the world
We participated in our own demise. Not all of us though.
The next time we are told to harm ourselves for the good of all, I hope more of us say "No thanks, that's not my lifestyle choice."
People get comfortable with adversity faster than they believe they will. The new "normal" is rarely better, is it?