2 years since COVID-19 stormed in, leaving a lot of ‘normal’ functionalities immobilized where one of the most incognito effects that creeped on us was its impact on mental health. With being confined to four walls to eat, sleep and WORK, to a surge of technologies with their paradox of boon, and the impending economic stress. With communication becoming multi-layered where instead of thinking and speaking, one has to ‘think-type-read-send’. It has become evident that there has been a severe decline in mental health and well-being.
McKinsey & Company conducted a national survey of around 1000 employers in the US stating that 9/10 raised a concern about mental and behavioral health affecting Productivity.