Are you OK, but not how you used to be? You may have been experiencing languishing. ‘Simply put, this is the absence of mental wellbeing,’ says Gosia Bowling, national lead for mental health at Nuffield Health. ‘You’re not depressed, but you’re certainly not thriving.’
Many of us will be able to remember those feelings during the pandemic – where the sense of Groundhog Day took a toll on mental wellbeing, resulting in a sense of limbo, aimlessness or emptiness in the day-to-day. However, with lockdown behind familiar? We’ve asked our experts for the lowdown on languishing and how you can move towards flourishing and fulfilment.
