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– I think many feel that it may be disgusting to say no to social gatherings now, but maybe it is not so easy to be open about it.
She comes joggende to the interview. It is usually alenetrening it goes in now.
today, she has already managed three sessions before dinner. Food, training and sleep is what fills the days for the time being.
29-year-old lives in Lillehammer and is considering to go home to Oslo at easter. At the same time, she experiences it as risky to socialise, even if it only is with own family.
feels the pressure
Ødegaard says she feels it is not okay to say no to socialize themselves.
– All know why we have the measures we have, but still, people will say “I’m not sick, and you are not sick, so it is not so dangerous to meet”. Even if you are allowed to socialize with a select few then you know the never though some may have been infected.
29-year-old believes it is important and rather be a little too careful, than the opposite. She says that she really doesn’t want to hit the other if she does not need, and that health care has enough to do.
– I wish I was not laid off from the job in Lillehammer, so that I had not had the opportunity to take that choice, ” she says.
She adds that both family and friends in Oslo understand if she does not come home at easter, but says she still feels the pressure.
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Aksel Inge Sinding is a psychologist at the Department of psychological counseling and author of the book “Wise emotions”.
UNDERSTANDING: Axle Inge Sinding is a psychologist at the Department for psychological counseling in Oslo. He believes we must have understanding for each other’s needs in such times.
Photo: Helge Carlsen / NRK
He says the reason many may think it is disgusting to say no, it’s all about that you are afraid to hurt the other. In addition, you can be afraid to be perceived as concerned.
– There is a narrow line on what is careful enough and what is too careful. It can therefore be easy to feel that you’re not doing it right, and you are both afraid to be seen as overengstelig or careless.
He tells that one can feel the pressure to be social because you don’t want to be insane, or get the other one is close to feel unsafe or stupid.
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Sinding also believe we must try to understand the other’s perspective, and that we must talk in a way that does not skammeliggjør other for their choice.
– There is a lot of uncertainty around what is expected of us now, and it is normal to be insecure in such a situation.
He believes, rather to say, “I know that I’m not completely comfortable with this now”, than “I will not be on the spillkvelden because it is unsustainable”.
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