Come on People, We Can Do Better

 For the 10th day in a row the number of cases has been triple digits in Manitoba. COVID has spiked and appears to not be slowing down. We know what has to be done. It is as if we are paying lip service. Acknowledging what has to done and agreeing to it yet have no intention on following through. 

This is just like people I know who will say things to placate me yet have no intention of following through. Saying what they think I want to hear to get me to shut up. So annoying. Not to mention the gaslighting. Making it out to be my fault. This is a common theme of NPD (narcissistic personality disorder).

 All my life I have been dealing with narcissism. People deliberately flaunting the rules, laws of public health is narcissism on a grand scale. In the past couple of days we have heard stories of people flaunting, gaslighting the rules. Examples, going to faith based meetings than going to Personal Care Home (PCH) causing an outbreak. A young adult who tested positive going to a house party with 50+ people. Another person symptomatic and going to work and spreading the disease. Unconsciously, soulless narcissists who only care about themselves. Flaunting their ability to show how important they are. 

We have COVID outbreaks in PCH’s Not surprising that they are all run by the same company. This is what happens when you sacrifice service for profits. We also look for direction to afar. However, south of the border this is what happens when you foolishly vote a known narcissist, misogynistic, bully, blowhard and racist who only cares about himself and anyone with his last name. Sorta of like other people I know. He gives a superspreader rally at an airport in sub zero temperatures causing the people who showed up to experience hypothermia. He continues to downplay every aspect of this pandemic. He has no plan other than continuing to line his own pockets and those of his immediate family. He doesn’t care about anyone else. 

If we have this mentality existing in today’s society we will be dealing with this pandemic for years. There is no going back to the way things were. We have to accept the new normal. The new normal is social distancing, wearing a mask and following the rules of the public health agencies. They have nothing to gain by misleading anyone. Our mental, physical and emotional health will be better for it. At least one doctor dies by suicide every day in the USA. This is not a statistic to be proud of  

I work in community public health and am deemed essential. Some days I force myself to go to work. Today was one of those days. I work hard everyday to maintain my physical health. I have underlying health conditions that put me at higher risk. With everything happening around us it is much harder to stay mentally and physically well. They are both so intrinsically entwined. The key to good mental health is good physical health and vice versa. We can all do better we are all in this together.