Vaccine Guilt & Building Blanket Forts
Vaccine Guilt & Building Blanket Forts
Long Haulers, One-Year into the Pandemic Q&A
About the Video
March 2021 marks the one-year anniversary of the start of the pandemic in North America. In this conversation, Françoise Mathieu, Diana Tikasz, and Dr. Jennifer Russel discuss three questions submitted by our community about managing one-year into the pandemic.
(0:43): My spouse works in a busy emergency department doing mental health assessments. Because he is on the frontline. he has received his vaccine. He is now feeling guilty because he is immunized and his family is not. How do you deal with “vaccine guilt”?
(6:31): I’m a mom with a newborn and a three-year old and a spouse who works from home. For safety reasons, we don’t see other people. I’m feeling exhausted and frustrated at family members who are not following public health guidelines and are secretly meeting with each other. How do I cope with this?
(13:31): There was an adverse community reaction to a “self-care bingo game” put out by a public health unit that suggested “taking a bubble bath” and “building a blanket fort” to help manage the stress of the pandemic. Why was there such a severe pushback to this campaign?
Recorded in March 2021 as part of the Psychological PPE Program.
About the Presenters
Françoise Mathieu
M. Ed, RP
Françoise Mathieu is an educator, speaker, and trauma-trained therapist. She is the author of The Compassion Fatigue Workbook, founding member of the Secondary Traumatic Stress Consortium, and the Executive Director of TEND.
Diana Tikasz
MSW, RSW
Diana Tikasz has worked in the teaching and health care sector for over 30 years and specializes in trauma-focused work. She is a TEND Associate and Organizational Health Specialist for the Roadmap to Organizational Health program.
Dr. Jennifer Russel
MD, FRCPC(C), MSW
Dr. Jennifer Russel is a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist. She is the Clinical Director of the Compass Program at BCCH, the first provider support program in Canada, and the Consulting Psychiatrist for the Physician Health Program in BC.
