As 2021 served up a steady diet of uncertainty, the world became a sadder, more worried and stressed-out place than it was the year before. That pushed the annual Gallup’s Negative Experience Index to a record high of 33 last year.
Emotionally, the slog of the second year of COVID-19 proved as distressing as the shock of the first.
Four in 10 adults worldwide said they experienced a lot of worry or stress , and slightly more than three in 10 experienced a lot of physical pain . More than one in four experienced sadness , and slightly fewer experienced anger .And what about 2022? Ukraine, inflation, Roe Since the annual poll covers 2021, questions did not dig into 2022’s headlines, another intense handful of developments that for some is likely to add to the stress on individual happiness and relationships.
In the U.S. alone, divisive issues continue to populate the discussion leading up to this year’s midterm elections, starting with this month’s reversal of decades-old abortion-rights policies, a decision that can impact 40 million U.S. women, and an indication from the conservative-majority Supreme Court that contraception and same-sex marriage could be next.
Have we actually grown less angry? The Gallup findings did produce one significant bright spot: Reports of anger did not increase in 2021, dropping a single point from 24% in 2020. Empathy for COVID-19 suffering and for some, renewed patience as life slowed down likely cooled quick-trigger flareups. With more people dying from the coronavirus in 2021 than the previous year despite the rollout of vaccines, people felt less well-rested, and fewer derived enjoyment from the previous day.
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