Your surge capacity is depleted

Tara Haelle writing on Medium about our surge capacity and why we feel awful.

She says people are having to live their lives without the support of so many systems that have partly or fully broken down, whether it’s schools, hospitals, churches, family support, or other systems that we relied on. We need to recognize that we’re grieving multiple losses while managing the ongoing impact of trauma and uncertainty. The malaise so many of us feel, a sort of disinterested boredom, is common in research on burnout

Her tips to help cope in these situations are good.