Dr. Aditi Nerurkar

They do not shed a tear.

It is because when you feel psychologically safe and that acute crisis is over is when the dam breaks and your true emotions emerge.

They finally finish their treatments, get a clean bill of health.

And their oncologist says, great, congratulations, you're cancer free.

Similarly, what many of us are feeling now

Come back in six months for your checkup.

They're in my office the next day weeping.

If you ask people, like, how are you feeling with your mental health?

And they're confused because they're thinking, wait a second, I should be celebrating.

People are actually feeling worse now than they did back in 2020 or 2021 when we were like in lockdown and during the pandemic.

How come I feel, how come I'm crying?

I didn't shed a tear during the treatment.

Of course, there was struggle and people were struggling then, too.

It is because when you feel psychologically safe and that acute crisis is over is when the dam breaks and your true emotions emerge.

But the reason is because a lot of those pent up emotions are coming up to the surface now, coupled with all of the.

Similarly, what many of us are feeling now

If you ask people, like, how are you feeling with your mental health?

things that are happening in the world.

So if you are feeling a sense of stress and burnout, I mean, it's a very human reaction to what's happening first biologically with the dam breaking and also what's happening all around us.

People are actually feeling worse now than they did back in 2020 or 2021 when we were like in lockdown and during the pandemic.