Adversity: A Trend in Human Relationships Requiring Intervention

COVID-19 delivered a global mental health impact of disastrous magnitude leaving everyone vulnerable to psychiatric breakdowns. The term adversity is defined in this conversation as volatile, sometimes, diabolical attitudes and behavior patterns meant to impede the positive progress of others and/ or cause their suffering. This article explores the trend of emotional adversity surging in our society and pervading social, domestic, and professional relationships. Recent media reports portray a disastrous pattern of impaired emotions and behaviors resulting in grievous outcomes for schools, homes, businesses, and churches. Normal daily routines of attending school, work, social and spiritual activities exposed many individuals to high-risk crisis environments due to the prevalence of emotional adversity and the counterintuitive responses to it. This article attempts to foster awareness and active public dialog about adequate public psychiatric-mental health interventions and preventative mechanisms to defuse the fierce trend of hostile emotions toxifying our family, work, and social environments. Lastly, the article seeks to contribute to academic conversations promoting closer collaboration between mental health, medical, academic, and spiritual communities to facilitate greater mental health recovery.

Keywords: Emotional adversity; Volatile; Trend; Psychiatric break; Counterintuitive; Toxifies; Interventions