At the other extreme, 17 percent fit the criteria for flourishing. Using this definition, 12 percent of adults in data from 1995 fit the criteria for languishing. In 2002, Corey Keys described languishing as one extreme of the mental health continuum. So going back to the source that Grant quotes for his definition of languishing, we find he has altered the definition a bit. “If you’re less of a drama queen, you just call it boredom,” tweets a cynical observer. However, it’s also worth noting that not everyone sees this through the same eyes. Twitter is teeming with comments like: “Wow never felt a word harder in my life. I just don’t care about anything anymore, everything looks pointless, egotistical and shallow.’” “For months I told my closest friends ‘I can’t really describe myself as depressed, it seems too strong a word because I am doing fine really. And it might be the dominant emotion of 2021.” Resonating with Many It feels as if you’re muddling through your days, looking at your life through a foggy windshield. “Languishing is a sense of stagnation and emptiness. Writing in the New York Times, psychology professor Adam Grant describes the COVID state of mind as languishing: The remaining 40 percent were enjoying good mental health. Another ten percent were suffering poor mental health. In fact, a global study of mental health in the pandemic lockdown by Andrew Gloster et al found that fully half of the people studied had only moderate mental health. After a year of this pandemic, many people find themselves in this COVID state of mind. Perhaps you know this feeling: muddling, struggling, dragging. The COVID State of Mental Health: Languishing?
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