See the original article here: Critical Thinking Tips for Staying Grounded in a Crazy Inside-Out, Upside-Down, All Mixed-Up World

As people worldwide continue struggling to adapt their “lives interrupted” during this time of massive personal and social upheaval resulting from the worldwide coronavirus pandemic, it’s more important than ever to understand the following reality: Namely, that the attitudes we each hold and individual choices we each make daily, both large and small, are largely predetermined and shaped by outside forces subconsciously weighing in upon us. These forces primarily include, though are not limited to, the sum of our individual and collective parental, societal, and theological programming.

Michael Ra Bouchard, Ph.D.