Being emotionally transparent is an unnatural response, writes Annaliese Griffin. She writes about emotional resilience, stoicism and achievement in the context of people who look fine, who look like they are handling everything with calm resilience but are potentially really drowning.
Source: Forge, February 21. 2021. Link.
The emotional drowning response is a common response to stress and trauma, especially for high-achievers and ambitious people: the idea that at all costs, we must be, or at least seem, okay.” – Annaliese Griffin
INSIGHTS: Considering the inherent challenges of surviving 2020 and recovery in 2021, Griffin’s perspective is worthy of consideration. Positivity may not be as authentic as we want it to be.