Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a psychiatric disorder that occurs in people who’ve witnessed a traumatic event. However, only surfaces after the initial event has taken place, sometimes being delayed for weeks or even months before it surfaces as the result of triggers.
As so much of our life is now conducted on the internet, it is not at all surprising that nowadays many of us meet our romantic partners online—and lots of really wonderful relationships start that way. But the dark side of internet dating is that it is extremely easy for people to scam others, or to pretend to be something that they are not (catfishing), for the purpose of personal gain.
The message of “stay home, stay safe” doesn’t hold true for everyone. In fact, for many, it’s a cruel irony. While the current lockdown is a necessary measure, it’s not without some lesser-known effects beyond the financial stressors most people are facing. The current guidelines have created a perfect storm for domestic abuse.
Uncertainty is the mother of all anxiety. Dealing with the anxiety of not knowing anything is the unavoidable side-effect of changing times, which prompts us to question whether things are going to turn out in our favour – or against us.
Conflict is an unavoidable part of our journey through life. And it can arise over anything such as simple disagreements over personal preference to full-blown arguments that requires a certain level of skill to de-escalate when the conflict has completely taken over.
Lockdown and social distancing are hard on everyone in various ways, but for the single who are interested in being active in the dating scene, and for those who are in a relationship, but not cohabiting, they are hard in some very particular ways.
Perhaps one of the most overlooked of these are people who suffer from Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). The psychosocial factor of the coronavirus has created a situation in which the symptoms of this condition can reach a heightened and even unmanageable state.
