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Feeling the pandemic blues? Expert says you're not alone.
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Mental health expert explains why people are 'languishing,' even as the pandemic wanes.
Even as routines get back to normal and we pull further away from the pandemic, many people report feeling stagnant, even empty about the future. It turns out there’s a name for that general sense of blah. It’s called languishing. Anchor Bri Vannozzi asked Melissa Sampath, vice president of Community Mental Health Services at CarePlus New Jersey, to explain.
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Feeling the pandemic blues? Expert says you're not alone.
Clip: 6/15/2021 | 3m 9sVideo has Closed Captions
Even as routines get back to normal and we pull further away from the pandemic, many people report feeling stagnant, even empty about the future. It turns out there’s a name for that general sense of blah. It’s called languishing. Anchor Bri Vannozzi asked Melissa Sampath, vice president of Community Mental Health Services at CarePlus New Jersey, to explain.
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