Please don’t underestimate the effect that this cascade of overwhelmingly awfulness has on your nervous system. Especially if you’re chronically ill.
Take breaks. We will be here when you return. Give yourself grace.
It’s a marathon, not a sprint.
They want us alone and disconnected.
So I will connect more. I will take care of myself better. I will ground myself. I will rest. I will pour into myself in my community. I will love and allow myself to be loved.