Denial Is A Stage of Grief, Didn’t You Know?

Oh, dear world. I know you are crying.

I know you are suffering.

I know you are feeling stuck.

Imprisoned. Helpless. During this virus outbreak.

I know.

But don’t doubt it’s reality just so you can pause on the crying.

Don’t listen to people saying it’s not bad enough.

Tell them. Tell them. They are in denial.

It’s a stage of grief, didn’t you know?

“Some dangers are so spectacular and so much beyond normal experience that the mind refuses to accept them as real.

The man who looks at the rushing tidal wave, the descending avalanche, or the spinning funnel of the tornado, yet makes no attempt to flee, is not necessarily paralyzed with fright or resigned to an unavoidable fate.

He may simply be unable to believe that the message of his eyes concerns him personally.
It is all happening to somebody else.” – Arthur C. Clarke

This concerns us personally. It is about us.

This danger we are all facing is so different to what we have faced before.

This is why some find it hard to believe.

Their brain struggles to recognize it as danger.

It doesn’t look like cancer or a heart attack.

It looks like something out of a science fiction movie.

With us sitting comfortably on the couch watching it.

Oh, dear world don’t be fooled.

This is worse than cancer. And more real than a sci-fi movie.

I am writing this knowing very well that I will have many people angry at me.

But it is my duty to use my penmanship to tell you to stay home as some places are re-opening.

To tell you about the stage of denial during times of grief.

And that we are currently in it.

It will pass.

Just don’t let the friends who are doubting the risks of this virus, put you in danger.

Stay safe. Stay alive. Stay away from denial.

If the worst thing that can happen is that we run out of money, we lose our homes, and material things, at least we would still be alive. And we will have each other.

It is very clear to me, when it comes to choosing between LIFE and my finances.

I choose life. I choose to begin my reentry whenever it’s safe.

Really safe. Not a little bit safe.

But safe for humans to be with other humans without the fear of dying.

If someone is trying to get you out of your house, and put you in rooms full of people, don’t let them.

Even if that someone is your teacher, your school principal, your mayor, your governor or your most trusted friend, stay home. Your life depends on it.  (Click to tweet!)

With sheltering at home for as long as we have to,
Christina