Dr. Aditi Nerurkar

So this thing, clinically speaking, it's called the delayed stress response.

So the delayed stress response is what we're talking about. Damn breaking and all of those uncomfortable, negative feelings and emotions are coming up for you.

So the delayed stress response is what we're talking about. Damn breaking and all of those uncomfortable, negative feelings and emotions are coming up for you.

So the delayed stress response is what we're talking about. Damn breaking and all of those uncomfortable, negative feelings and emotions are coming up for you.

And that is why so many people, especially now, right? The messaging, the external societal messaging is like, we're out of the woods. Everything is great. Individually, collectively, we should be rejoicing. We should be celebrating. It's the roaring 20s. If you think back to the pandemic, so many articles with headlines like,

And that is why so many people, especially now, right? The messaging, the external societal messaging is like, we're out of the woods. Everything is great. Individually, collectively, we should be rejoicing. We should be celebrating. It's the roaring 20s. If you think back to the pandemic, so many articles with headlines like,

And that is why so many people, especially now, right? The messaging, the external societal messaging is like, we're out of the woods. Everything is great. Individually, collectively, we should be rejoicing. We should be celebrating. It's the roaring 20s. If you think back to the pandemic, so many articles with headlines like,

We just got to get through this time and we're going to hit the roaring 20s. The roaring 20s are going to come roaring back. And I would see these headlines and I would laugh because I would think that is so not how the human brain works. Because your brain is a dam and when that dam breaks, it's not the roaring 20s. You have to move through it. The only way around is through.

We just got to get through this time and we're going to hit the roaring 20s. The roaring 20s are going to come roaring back. And I would see these headlines and I would laugh because I would think that is so not how the human brain works. Because your brain is a dam and when that dam breaks, it's not the roaring 20s. You have to move through it. The only way around is through.

We just got to get through this time and we're going to hit the roaring 20s. The roaring 20s are going to come roaring back. And I would see these headlines and I would laugh because I would think that is so not how the human brain works. Because your brain is a dam and when that dam breaks, it's not the roaring 20s. You have to move through it. The only way around is through.

Once you move through all of this stuff, whether you seek counseling or you do some of the strategies that you and I have talked about in the past, then you can get to the roaring 20s. But

Once you move through all of this stuff, whether you seek counseling or you do some of the strategies that you and I have talked about in the past, then you can get to the roaring 20s. But

Once you move through all of this stuff, whether you seek counseling or you do some of the strategies that you and I have talked about in the past, then you can get to the roaring 20s. But

But for now, when you're sitting in that discomfort of whether you are highly emotional and maybe you're feeling a sense of real emotional charge when the world is telling you, you should be OK, everything should be great. But you do not feel that way. There is a disconnect between your internal experience and your external environment. And that causes a lot of difficulty for many people.

But for now, when you're sitting in that discomfort of whether you are highly emotional and maybe you're feeling a sense of real emotional charge when the world is telling you, you should be OK, everything should be great. But you do not feel that way. There is a disconnect between your internal experience and your external environment. And that causes a lot of difficulty for many people.

But for now, when you're sitting in that discomfort of whether you are highly emotional and maybe you're feeling a sense of real emotional charge when the world is telling you, you should be OK, everything should be great. But you do not feel that way. There is a disconnect between your internal experience and your external environment. And that causes a lot of difficulty for many people.

It's the same difficulty that my cancer patients had when they given a clean bill of health. I should be doing this. I should be doing this. I should be feeling this way. And yet you don't. And then that creates all sorts of blame and guilt and shame.

It's the same difficulty that my cancer patients had when they given a clean bill of health. I should be doing this. I should be doing this. I should be feeling this way. And yet you don't. And then that creates all sorts of blame and guilt and shame.

It's the same difficulty that my cancer patients had when they given a clean bill of health. I should be doing this. I should be doing this. I should be feeling this way. And yet you don't. And then that creates all sorts of blame and guilt and shame.

The first step always when you're going through a difficult experience is to normalize and validate that difficult experience. Understand that if you are feeling this way, you are not alone. It is not your fault. It is your brain and biology doing exactly what they should be doing. Your brain and body are not broken. There's nothing wrong with you.