Abstract
Crisis is often imagined as sudden, extraordinary events that immediately spark conversations worldwide. However, not all global crises arrive with breaking news banners. The quieter ones are often overlooked in the fabric of our daily lives. This essay argues that the slow-burning crises of digital misinformation and economic uncertainty generate a unique form of chronic anxiety, exhaustion of cognitive resources and rising senses of helplessness. Drawing on psychological frameworks, this essay identifies two global crises: first, the “crisis of truth” exploits cognitive biases and erodes our perception of reality; second, economic precarity triggers anticipatory anxiety and learned helplessness. After “diagnosing” the crisis, this essay proposes and analyzes “adaptive resilience” as possible “solutions”: collective coping through online communities, problem-and emotion-focused strategies in the face of financial instability, and the gradual inoculation that comes from enduring stress over time. Ultimately, to live in perpetual, insidious crisis means to constantly recalibrate one's mind between fear and adaptation, forging a new psychology of endurance.
Keywords: Economic uncertainty, Digital misinformation, Adaptive resilience
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