Dr. Aditi Nerurkar

Because all of those emotions that you have kept pent up, whether you are psychologically aware of it or not, are now coming to the surface. So it's important to understand that if you are feeling a sense of horizonlessness, you are not alone. Or if you feel like, wow, I feel worse now than I did in 2020. You know, the whole world is telling you that, oh, we've moved on, get over it.

And yet you don't feel that way. You're not engaging in the same way, perhaps with holidays or a change of seasons, right? Like I'm over it. It's because of the dam and the dam has broken within you. And so when I say psychological safety, it sounds like a positive thing. And it certainly is because you finally feel psychologically safe for those true emotions to emerge.

And yet you don't feel that way. You're not engaging in the same way, perhaps with holidays or a change of seasons, right? Like I'm over it. It's because of the dam and the dam has broken within you. And so when I say psychological safety, it sounds like a positive thing. And it certainly is because you finally feel psychologically safe for those true emotions to emerge.

And yet you don't feel that way. You're not engaging in the same way, perhaps with holidays or a change of seasons, right? Like I'm over it. It's because of the dam and the dam has broken within you. And so when I say psychological safety, it sounds like a positive thing. And it certainly is because you finally feel psychologically safe for those true emotions to emerge.

Those true emotions could be horizonlessness, right?

Those true emotions could be horizonlessness, right?

Those true emotions could be horizonlessness, right?

Yes. And it's almost like you don't even see a future anymore.

Yes. And it's almost like you don't even see a future anymore.

Yes. And it's almost like you don't even see a future anymore.

So it's less about being confused or I'm not sure what I'm doing. That's that acute stress response you're living in the moment. Yeah. But it's almost like, it's that meh feeling. And that is what a lot of people are feeling.

So it's less about being confused or I'm not sure what I'm doing. That's that acute stress response you're living in the moment. Yeah. But it's almost like, it's that meh feeling. And that is what a lot of people are feeling.

So it's less about being confused or I'm not sure what I'm doing. That's that acute stress response you're living in the moment. Yeah. But it's almost like, it's that meh feeling. And that is what a lot of people are feeling.

It's that feeling of not really being excited or the opposite of that is being really angry or frustrated about, oh, I want this for my future, but I'm not able to achieve it. These are all healthy emotions because there's a charge to it, right? Whether it be a positive charge or a negative charge. But horizonlessness is almost a lack of emotion.

It's that feeling of not really being excited or the opposite of that is being really angry or frustrated about, oh, I want this for my future, but I'm not able to achieve it. These are all healthy emotions because there's a charge to it, right? Whether it be a positive charge or a negative charge. But horizonlessness is almost a lack of emotion.

It's that feeling of not really being excited or the opposite of that is being really angry or frustrated about, oh, I want this for my future, but I'm not able to achieve it. These are all healthy emotions because there's a charge to it, right? Whether it be a positive charge or a negative charge. But horizonlessness is almost a lack of emotion.

It's kind of just like, whatever, I'm not really working towards anything because there's really nothing worth working towards.

It's kind of just like, whatever, I'm not really working towards anything because there's really nothing worth working towards.

It's kind of just like, whatever, I'm not really working towards anything because there's really nothing worth working towards.

That's exactly right. So biologically, you have been living in amygdala mode and you are thinking purely about survival and self-preservation in the immediate, in the now. The prefrontal cortex lights up that part of the brain that we were talking about earlier. Anticipation, forward thinking, strategic planning, the prefrontal cortex is what governs that.