At this point, many Americans have trauma-bonded with their masks.
First, the media and political establishments traumatized people with Covid hysteria.
Then they told people masks would make them safe — so they went out for the first time after months into the scary world, hyperventilating from anxiety through these masks.
Then they told people masks would make them safe — so they went out for the first time after months into the scary world, hyperventilating from anxiety through these masks.
Like a flimsy life raft in shark infested waters, people clung to their masks as an illusion of safety inside an illusion of great danger.
I have heard from several who tell me the great comfort and safety they feel wearing a mask.
It provides the same therapeutic comfort for many that a security blanket provides for a toddler in an unknown and scary world — where invisible monsters could be around any corner.
It provides the same therapeutic comfort for many that a security blanket provides for a toddler in an unknown and scary world — where invisible monsters could be around any corner.
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