We’ve all seen this image on social media or the news. This is me. Yes, never in my 23 years as an Occupational Therapist would I have ever believed this would be normal dress code for work. If you are not fortunate enough to be in healthcare (insert a bit of sarcasm) be thankful you don’t have the unpleasant experience of wearing full PPE-personal protective equipment. Face shields are bulky and slip down your face. Goggles fog up with your exhalation. KN95 masks suck into your nose and make you feel like you are suffocating. Gowns are hot in an already hot facility. Protecting yourself is definitely a challenge. Protecting others is a challenge.
This pandemic is awful. I’m not going to give you a rah rah or quote to help cheer you up. It is what it is. We are all living with it, some are just experiencing slight discomfort from the inconvenience of wearing a cloth mask to grocery shop. Some are drowning in the anxiety and stress of being exposed to the virus everyday.
Just be kind to yourself and everyone else, no really knows what challenges another person is facing in their life and in their mind.
