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THROUGH THE TOUGH MOMENTS. IT HAS BEEN A RELENTLESS YEAR AND A A NEW TERM BECOMES PART OF HALF. OUR LIVES AND IT DOESN’T LET .GO COVID 19. AND WHETHER WE LIKET IOR NOT, IT IMPACTS EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US. AND WHILE WE ARE TRYING WRAP OUR MINDS ARNDOU THAT, ENTER SOCIALR UNREST. THE CHAOS OF THE ELECTION. AND THEN THE POLITICS OVER VACCINATIONS. >> IT’S MADE IT VERY CLEAR HOW DIVIDED WE ARE. HOW UNCOOPERATIVE WE ARE WITH EACH OTHER. >> IF YOU PEIL ON THE FACT THAT WE ARE TOLD TO SOCIAL DISTANCE, WORK FROM HOME, PEOPLE LOSING THEIR JOBS, BUSINESSES SHUTTING WNDO, PARENTS BECOMING TEACHERS, HAVING TO HOMESCHOOL THEIR KIDS, NOT HUGGING THE PEOPLE WE LOVE, EVEN NOT BNGEI ABLE TO FIND SOMETHING LIKE TOITLE PAPER, NO WONDER WE ARE ALL MENTALLY EXHAUSTED, WE SHOULD BE. >> IT IS A CHANGE OF LIFE. WE WON FROM ONE WHERE WE COULD DO WHATEVER WE WANT. NOW YOU MIGHT BE IN A CROWD AND SOMEBODY SNEEZESN I YOUR FIRST THOUGHT IS, WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN TO ME? >> FINDING THAT GOOD BALANCE OF HOME LIFE AND RKWO LIFE AND JTUS BEING TOGETHER IN SUCH SMALL QUARTERS ALL DAY LONG. >> JUST THE ABILITY TO TOUCH ANOTHER HUMAN, TO HUG. I THINK WE LOST THAT. HOPEFULLY, WE WILL REGAIN IT SOON. >> THEN WE TURN A CORNER, WE SEE HOPE, AND HERE COMES THE DELTA VARIANT. ACCORDING TO THE AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION, NEARLY HALF OFLL A ADULTS REPORTED THEIR STRESS LEVEL INCREASED BIG-TIME DURING THE PANDEMIC. THEY HAVE GAINED WEIGHT, THEY CAN’T EESLP, THEY ARE TURNING TO DRUGS OR ALCOHOL. THIS DOCTOR IS A PSYCHIATRIST FROM TUFTS. SHE SAYS THERERE A WAYS WE CAN ALL GET THROUGH THIS TOGETHER. >> SOME INDIVIDUALS HAVE FOUND IT HELPFUL TO EXERCISE. WITH A LOT OF WORK BNGEI REMOTE, FINDING THE TIME TO TGE UP, CHANGE SCENERY, GET OUT OF PAJAMAS, FIND A WAY TO BRK EAUP THE DAY, GIVE YOURSELF A SCHEDULE IF YOU FIND YOU ARE FALLING INTO A RUT. TEA HEALTHIER, DRINK LESS. IT MAKES US FEEL BETTER. IT HELPS US SAY, I’M GOING TO GET TO THE NEXT DAY. IT HAS IMPACTED US DIFFERENTLY, AND THAT DOES NOT MEAN SOMEONE IS WEAKER THAN ANOTHER. IT IS JUST HOW ALL OF OUR SOCIAL CIUMRCSTANCES HAVE BEEN AFFECTED. USING ABOUT WARS. YOU THINK ABOUT DEPRESSIONS WITHIN OUR GOVERNMENT. TURMOIL. IT CHANGES PEOPLE. NO, WE WON’T BE THE PEOPLE WE WERE, BUT WE WILL BE STRONGER HAVING COME OUT OF THIS. >> YOU BELIEVE THAT? >> I DO. >>OW H DO WE GET STRONGER TOGETHER? >> TOGETHER. TOGETHER. MARIA: TOGETHER. ED: TOGETHER. MARIA: WE HAVE BEEN TOGETHER IN HERE. IT DOES MATTER, FINDING THAT CONNECTION MATTERS. HAS THE PAST YEAR BEEN HARD ON YOU? I ASKED HER. SHE SAID, YES. SHE SAID, I SOUGHT COUNSEL OMFR TRUSTED COLLEAGUES SO I COULD MANAGE MY OWN STRESS. ED: WHAT DO REGULAR JOE’S DO? MARIA: DURING COMMERCIAL BREAK, I SIMPLY AND THIS IS WHAT THE DOCTOR SAYS FOR YOU TO DO, I SIMP TLYYPED IN GOOGLE, WHERE CAN I TGE HELP FOR MENTAL HEALTH MASSACHUSETTS? BUT THAT THIS. EVERYWHERE. THERE ARE CRISIS NUMBERS. THERE IS A LOT OF FREE HELP AS WELL. THEY SAID THAT IS THE NUMBER ONE THING YOU CAN DO TO MANAGE THIS. JUST MAKE THE PHONE CALL AND SAY, THIS HAS BEEN HARD ON ME. EVEN IF NOTHING HAS EVER BEEN HARD ON YOU AND YOUR LIFE. THIS HAS BEEN HA ORDN EVERYBODY.