COVID & Family Violence

 

What is happening with families in this COVID-19 pandemic? Couples breaking up, mental, emotional, and even physical abuse in the family. I don’t get it!

 Think of the COVID-19 pandemic as a war against a virus—no matter how it started—that disrupted life in the entire world. Brains that lean toward introversion seem to have had an easier time adjusting to sheltering in place (unless they came up with strategies to keep their brains stimulated in a rewarding way) “went bananas,” as one person put it. They were unaccustomed to being cooped up with a partner, children, sometimes extended family members, and so on. and working remotely, and etc. Even some ambiverts found they didn't like their "partner" as well as they thought they did—if at all. Studies have shown that in a “war” environment—active-duty individuals or people living in the area—are at higher risk of experiencing PTSD.  Individuals who experience a major natural or human-induced disaster are at higher risk of developing symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), TSD, especially if they are exposed to the death of others. Therefore, based on how the COVID-19 epidemic impacted an individual brain, some will develop PTSD. One of the symptoms is aggression—which can be acted out in mental, emotional, physical, and even sexual abuse against others. More tomorrow.

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