Larry Benz, CEO of Confluent Health, explains how control can protect us during challenging times.

Key Takeaways:

• The phenomenon of control protects us
• When our equilibrium is disrupted on a micro or macro level, psychological shock occurs, according to the literature
• In a challenging time when we’re being hit on multiple levels by things beyond our control, 100% of us are having normal responses to shock
• Shock responses include:
  • fatigue
  • emotional burnout
  • inefficiency
  • sickness
  • distraction
  • substance abuse
  • stress
• The solution is to normalize discomfort and embrace uncertainty
• We can also focus on controlling those things we can control, starting with our own health