Is there a therapist in the house?
Seriously.
All of the focus so far rightly has been on "flattening the curve" in an attempt to extinguish the spread of the COVID-19 pathogen. Mainly, by social distancing and the encouragement of self isolation. (Except for Donald Trump and the sycophantic GOP Senate who's sole focus has been on a HIGH DOW!1!!i! and re-installing Donald Trump as a placeholder for the POTUS.)
But, what comes after?
How do we deal with the wide spread mental health issues that are sure to arise in the aftermath of these necessary actions?
For example, after a life-long battle with overcoming: Agoraphobia I can feel it insidiously creeping back into my mind. There's a little voice gaining volume there saying, "You see, I was correct all along. Humans are to be avoided."
Historically, these issues have been ignored (See: PTSD) at worst or the victim is blamed and a few feel good pills are tossed to them at best without any attempt at addressing the underlying social causes of these behaviors.
In my view, this is much more important to resolve than a couple of checks for a pittance of money. Watching TPTB marching away dusting off their hands after having been seen, "Doing something." by passing a meaningless stimulus.
But, then there's the little voice again, saying, "No. Change would be too difficult and require more introspection than they are willing to do. Nothing will be done. Situation normal. Humans aren't worth dealing with at all."
