Life

The Shrinking Bubble of People

The older you get, the more folks you see departing this world. Do you ever ask why?

One of the provider’s at work shared with me that they’ve lost another friend, after a series of losses. We share a colleague who I start my mornings with, just talking. This quickly became one of those ‘close the door,’ impromptu sessions where my other friend and I did what we do best, listen. I suspect people think professionals are immune to the toll death takes upon us. PTSD isn’t just for soldiers. During a crisis, you’re in survival mode. PTSD is POST crisis. We’re all just one crisis away from losing it, and this generation seems like it’s poised. 2020 was a crisis we haven’t even addressed socially. Is getting back to normal killing us?

I lament that my son hasn’t had the childhood I wanted for him. He worries too much about politics, economics, and he certainly didn’t have the free roaming experience I did in childhood. Things are different. Some better, some maybe less so. He also worries that I am going to die. He worries about everything.

We are all bumping up into how different life is. Tiktok videos of this generation hitting the job market almost to a one are asking why they can’t make it economically, when in the past a father’s income was enough for a…