The moral injury of this period in history and what it is doing to our psyches as a world cannot be overstated. Bearing witness to atrocity while essentially being part of the systems that are responsible for it takes a toll that breaks down both self and community.
i think itβs doing irreversible damage to my psyche to get on social media everyday and see the same cycle of three things: the most heinous, soul-crushing news, hyper-privileged & out of touch influencers on vacation, and then tiny sparks of joyful humanity, poetry, and love