#emotons

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Emotions are not just inconvenient facts that need to be bracketed or controlled. They are not obstacles so much as sources of generative insight when it comes to thinking about risk. Rather than dismissing emotions, we should embrace them as a vital resource, even as a starting point for moral discussion and reflection. Compassion, and feelings of responsibility and care, can help us to reflect on the ethical implications of the many hard choices we face. They also help us to foster solidarity and elicit the courage that the present moment demands. In order to take on the ethical challenges of risky technologies and uncertain futures, we need to draw on our rich human capacities: scientific knowledge, insights from social sciences, arts and humanities, and our capacity to feel deeply.

I know probably nobody will read this and honestly i’m not doing this in the hope that people will read, it’ll probably be too long, I just don’t know where to say what’s been my mind lately. This all covid-19 started in January, at least we heard firstly then, that in China there are problems, we joked around about it, and now what? We cry, or it’s only just me. They say to us to stay inside to not meet up with friends, so that we don’t contract the virus, stay healthy. But what about our mental health? This is a hard period for everybody, even us, those who live in good places, have a great family by our side, we can feel sad, lonely, powerless which can cause later depression. For me, this virus meant, the “end” of my high-school senior year. Whit my friends, we should have a blast at the moment. The weather starts getting warmer, spring arrived, we should be at the river mall or any other place with friends, creating maybe the last memories together and instead we are all staying inside. Even better as exams are “coming”, this means my friends are distancing as it is. So not only are we not talking face-to-face, now not even through video-chat. The teachers are saying that we should learn, because either way we will have the baccalaureat exam, but dare I say, one can’t learn 24/7. I’m content if I learn 3 hours a day. Also I don’t think anyone can imagine how hard is it for us to choose a career path now, when basically the whole economy is on the ground. So, yeah, my senior year is “ruined” (I know many people are living worst days than me, still I had to get rid of this emotion), I feel alone, a little depressed. And we still don’t know when will this end, but one thing is sure maybe we’ll survive trough this, but our mental-health will be highly affected that’s for sure.

Still thinking

Journaling For the Soul