There was a massive increase in suicides because of the lockdowns.
My favorite thing about this study is that when you read further, they excluded young people, children, people in poor socioeconomic countries/situations, and people with preexisting mental health issues. So other than that . . . .
I have friends who still have severe PTSD after the pandemic, suicide rates went up and still are afaik, this pandemic will be a scar on humanity for a long time, but I have hope, and have seen, how people can heal from it given enough time and support, however it shouldn’t have got this bad in the first place and now mental illness is even more prevalent that before.
It’s not the cheap little inn in which they’ve found themselves for the night that is keeping her awake, not the creaking of the door or the echoes of whiskey-laced laughter creeping up the stairs and into her room. She’s not even bothered by the telltale sound of critters crawling over the still open window, trying to find refuge from the sandy dunes outside, like they did.
