Abstract
The condition of perpetual crisis has redefined how societies experience anxiety and resilience. In a world where climate disasters, wars, and algorithm-driven outrage no longer interrupt normal life but constitute it, human psychology adapts in ways that blur the line between protection and surrender. This essay explores how constant exposure to crisis reshapes emotional habits: anxiety becomes background noise, compassion thins into a rationed response, and resilience is recast as individual tolerance rather than collective strength. Social media accelerates these shifts by widening the gap between emotional expression and structural consequence, leaving individuals overstimulated yet powerless. Case studies from climate discourse and geopolitical conflict reveal how outrage, humor, and ritual become coping mechanisms that regulate feeling without altering conditions. The essay argues that recovery requires reframing resilience as a collective practice grounded in institutions, strategy, and shared rituals of grief that convert emotion into leverage. By building structures that reduce baseline stress and channel feeling into action, societies can move beyond coping toward genuine repair, reclaiming both imagination and agency in the face of perpetual crisis.
Keywords: Social Media Influence, Emotional adaptation, Collective Resilience
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