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"Languishing is the absence of wellbeing." Why 'Languishing' is the buzzword of 2021

There’s a Name for the ‘Blah’ you’re feeling: It’s called Languishing. That’s accordi...

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16.32 21 Apr 2021


"Languishing is the absence of wellbeing." Why 'Languishing' is the buzzword of 2021


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16.32 21 Apr 2021


There’s a Name for the ‘Blah’ you’re feeling: It’s called Languishing. That’s according to the New York Times.

Your motivation and focus is dull, and it may be the dominant emotion of 2021.

Is it refreshing to get away from the toxic positivity and be honest with ourselves?

Our Languishing correspondent joins us now from his Languishing bolthole. Henry McKean spoke to lockdowners and Professor Colin O’Gara Consultant Psychiatrist at St John of God Hospital Dublin, head of addiction services.


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