![]() ![]() ![]() Stuck in our homes, we find projects and rituals to bring us comfort. Vaile Wright, the director of clinical research and quality at the American Psychological Association, says all these ways of exerting control - my soup production included - represent humans’ collective intolerance of uncertainty and the unknown. Our ability to cope with uncertainty is a spectrum, she explains, but to varying degrees, we’re all facing the same challenge right now: Nothing feels stable, which makes us anxious and stressed out. It is, essentially, a form of regaining control. Writer Maya Kosoff wrote an article explaining why you’re seeing so many people in your newsfeed cooking, cleaning and otherwise managing their household in very small and specific ways. Many of these measures are simply a way to regain a sense of control. ![]() ![]() “When anxiety gets really bad, we start to panic,” he says. ![]()
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