Psychology Around the Net: June 6, 2020

Do we really want to cancel 2020? Earlier this week, a friend of mine shared an Instagram post with me. It wasn’t the usual cheeky meme about quarantine-inspired day drinking or how dogs are the best things ever. It was a post written by Leslie David, a writer and designer and the co-founder of Strand Social, a digital marketing and design agency based in California. I’m not going to wax poetic on how this was just the message I needed to read. I’m just going to leave it here in case it’s just the message you need, too. What if 2020 isn’t cancelled?⁣ What if 2020 is the year we’ve been waiting for?⁣ A year so uncomfortable, so painful, so scary, so raw — that it finally forces us to grow.⁣ A year that screams so loud, finally awakening us from our ignorant slumber.⁣ A year we finally accept the need for change.⁣ Declare change. Work for change. Become the change. A year we finally band together, instead of⁣ pushing each other further apart.⁣ ⁣ 2020 isn’t cancelled, but rather⁣ the most important year of them all. — Leslie David Onward with this week’s Psychology Around the Net! Mental Health Resources for Black People Trying to Cope Right Now: Says Jameta Nicole Barlow, a community health psychologist who is black, “Radical self-care is required to live and survive in this world as a Black person. Overdosing on radical self-care is essential in this moment.” Barlow and the National Alliance On Menta...
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