This is part 2 of a three part blog written by Dr Lize Wolfaardt
6. Acceptance – When faced with potential threat, our whole being is geared toward fight or flight, or if these aren’t possible, we tend to go into freeze, which is depression. We can’t fight lockdown, we can’t flee from it. There are many threats associated with lockdown. The worst is probably lack of income for those people who own their own businesses, for those people who work on a commission basis,and for those not earning salaries during this time. Many of us are experiencing huge anxiety around finances and feel trapped, since we are unable to remedy the situation. We lie awake wondering how we are going to make ends meet in the aftermath of lockdown and within a world economy that has been brought to its knees by Covid-19. Worry won’t change the situation, and worst of all, we become completely ungrounded, and forfeit all the gifts inherent in this lockdown situation, of which the biggest is probably TIME. Accept the situation as is, and know that this too shall pass. Just say “this too shall pass”, and remain in the moment.