Is anyone else observing almost anxiety-disorder-like-symptoms in our country? If a system can exhibit symptoms, I think WE are…not just individuals, but our system. I see it all over in posts and in the news, in public “reactivity” to all sorts of things, individuals “unhinged” and lashing out over things as simple as “no shirt, no shoes, no mask, no service.” Executive Orders (unpublicized, of course) are frightening to say the least. Coherent public policy is non-existent. The detrimental and grandiose use of conspiracy theories, out and out WRONG information, and politicizing of everything during this pandemic is irresponsible, intentional and disturbing. And in the midst of all of that, people are being jerked back and forth between what they desperately want to believe and the facts that our scientists are providing for us daily. It is VERY concerning because anxiety left untended can turn into very severe responses and long-term challenges. And there are certain individuals and certain organisms that are feeding the anxiety. it is beyond unhealthy. It is diabolical and there appears to be No One in the administration or in government who is addressing this part of where we are.
This is worse than the collective anxiety we felt after 9/11. That brought us together. This anxiety is tearing us apart. And there are those who know you control through fear, through disinformation, through chaotic non-leadership. It is diabolical…and for the first time in my lifetime, I don’t see a way out in the near future.
A leadership change is needed for sure, but the leadership necessary right now is beyond political…we need medical experts, psychiatric experts, systems specialists (who understand how systems function and how to correct viral dysfunction). I find myself losing the ability to think positively, to believe correction is possible. I find myself wondering if the American Experiment is slowly failing and slipping into demise. A divided house cannot stand.