I knew about therapists coaching children through “anxiety” about going to school and getting covid. The goal seems to be to get them to conform & stop saying they’re upset about their friends getting long covid or being orphaned.
Maya Chavez tweet says The family is being told the child must undergo exposure therapy e.g. attending in-person school where there is no mask mandate or withdraw from the district. Parents are fighting so damn hard to keep kids safe & too often they’re up against anti-science, anti-child districts. 12:52PM May 3, 2022
New York State Office of Mental Health is coaching people to view a potentially deadly disease the same as safe and fun activities like reading a book.
NY Project Hope Coping with COVID – 5. Look at uncertainty from a different perspective… It’s been said that uncertainty can be an “emotional amplifier,” meaning that uncertainty amplifies the emotions of whatever you’re thinking about. For example, it can be unpleasant to be uncertain about whether you’re going catch COVID-19, but it’s pleasant to be uncertain about how the new food you’re trying will taste. Looking at uncertainty in the lense of unexpected joy can take away some of the fear. Leaning into uncertainty as you do when you’re going to a new place, reading a new book, eating new food, learning a new language, and traveling abroad can help you to be more open to uncertainty, and more creative. We don’t know how these experiences will turn out, but we are still willing to engage in them.
It’s from the New York government website.
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They are telling people that catching covid may lead to “unexpected joy” and that they should in fact be “leaning into it” — even while it’s the third leading cause of death and causing debilitating illnesses.
The image is from the NY Project Hope web site and written in marker are the words Project Hopium! with a facepalm emoji. Text on image reads NY Project Hope Coping with COVID 5. Look at uncertainty from a different perspective… It’s been said that uncertainty can be an “emotional amplifier,” meaning that uncertainty amplifies the emotions of whatever you’re thinking about. For example, it can be unpleasant to be uncertain about whether you’re going catch COVID-19, but it’s pleasant to be uncertain about how the new food you’re trying will taste. Looking at uncertainty in the lense of unexpected joy can take away some of the fear. Leaning into uncertainty as you do when you’re going to a new place, reading a new book, eating new food, learning a new language, and traveling abroad can help you to be more open to uncertainty, and more creative. We don’t know how these experiences will turn out, but we are still willing to engage in them.
