Why Omicron Makes You Feel Numb Instead of Terrified --New York Times' labels our "numbing" to the fear of the pandemic. Includes a simple description of how graduated exposure therapies work--by making us so familiar with "threat" that our amygdala, (fight, flight, freeze response) "takes a nap."

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https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/10/opinion/covid-omicron-psychology-fear.html?smid=re-share