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Life circumstances can be stressful, and a pandemic just compounds stress. For help, look to the EAP and other Army resources.


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he COVID-19 pandemic came ashore more than a year ago, a silent, motionless hurricane, over- whelming the country and trapping everyone and everything within its eyewall. COVID-19’s slow-


motion chaos reordered life and business. And now, as vaccines begin to promise a bit of hope, emerging evidence suggests new variants of the virus might make existing vaccines less effective than originally planned, casting further uncertainty.


It’s enough to make a person lose their grip. But in reality, the present is so difficult that being stressed or feeling like you’re losing your grip is an entirely rational response. “It’s a stressful time,” said Gary Cunningham, an analyst in the Ready, Resilient and Training Division of the Army Resilience Directorate within Army G-1 (human resources), in an interview with Army AL&T.


Stressors that affect one person may not affect another. People who live alone face deep isolation or risk their health to be with others. Families may be spending more time together than they ever have. Such are the stressors that this virus is adding to the usual, Cunningham said. “You have spouses at home who normally wouldn’t be at home all day long, and that could be causing friction. You’ve got kids that are that are trying to log into school” while parents are trying to work. For teachers, he continued, there may be stress “just trying to get 20 kids on the computer and on the same page at the same time.”


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