Every Brit Needs Therapy

The pandemic, Brexit, successive destructive Tory leaders and the death of the longest serving head of state have done a number on our collective mental health.

An individual staring into the abyss; symbolic of the UK these days. Image via Unsplash and Getty Images

1939–1945 doesn’t come close.

The second world war which came off the heels of the first, saw our green pleasant land come under serious attack by Hitler’s forces, and what was interesting here was that German bombs made their presence felt throughout the United Kingdom with the country’s seat of symbolic power —Buckingham Palace —not left out of the action.

The late Queen Mother —Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon— said rather memorably and powerfully that she could see the east end of London with the razing of the palace in 1940.

The rationing of food and the packing off of children to shelters in and around England had such a profound effect on those who grew up during world war two, but it is no hyperbole to state that what happened back then has nothing on the trauma which has been unleashed upon the British people in the last six years.

First was the pandemic.

In March 2020, there were several super spreader events.

You had the football match between Spanish soccer giants — Atletico Madrid — who travelled to the UK to take on Liverpool FC. It is believed that thousands of carriers made the trip.