There’s a Name for the [COVID] Blah You’re Feeling: It’s Called Languishing

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Not language, but languish

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/19/well/mind/covid-mental-health-languishing.html

Languishing is not merely in our heads — it’s in our circumstances. You can’t heal a sick culture with personal bandages. We still live in a world that normalizes physical health challenges but stigmatizes mental health challenges. As we head into a new post-pandemic reality, it’s time to rethink our understanding of mental health and well-being. “Not depressed” doesn’t mean you’re not struggling. “Not burned out” doesn’t mean you’re fired up. By acknowledging that so many of us are languishing, we can start giving voice to quiet despair and lighting a path out of the void.

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For most people that's called "having a job".