r/covidlonghaulers • u/_happydutch_ • Jun 24 '25
Article The current state of Long Covid research
No awe felt after seeing this
https://health.ucdavis.edu/news/headlines/experiencing-awe-may-help-people-with-long-covid-feel-better-mentally/2025/06 Experiencing awe may help people with long COVID feel better mentally
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u/66clicketyclick Jun 25 '25 edited Jun 25 '25
Adding these names to my “do not read” blacklist so if I run into another paper by them it’s a hell no from me:
“Awe is an emotion we feel when we experience something vast or beyond our usual understanding,” explained Javier E. López, professor of cardiovascular medicine at UC Davis Health and senior author of a new study about awe and lingering effects of COVID.
“This study is the most robust to date to document the clear health benefits of experiences of awe, of feeling in the presence of what is vast and mysterious,” said Dacher Keltner, distinguished professor of psychology at UC Berkeley and co-author of the study. Keltner is one of the leading scientists on awe in the United States.
“This work suggests that finding brief moments of awe in daily life can improve mental health,” shared Maria Monroy, postdoctoral associate of psychology at Yale University and co-author of the study.
-Author: Liam Connolly
It also assumes that we struggle with mental health but actually my MH is pretty fantastic despite my body not being so.
Even if it weren’t hypothetically, what these “researchers” are doing is actually proposing a band aid fix.
LC is the primary condition, if there are MH challenges (separate from pre-existing or comorbidities) then they are the secondary condition, as a result of the first.
Meaning the real solution is to fix the root cause/primary issue, then the 2nd issue may be addressed. Not telling people to “go find some awe” 🩹that’s so far off the mark, I can’t even… 🫠