Beyond Habit: The Resilience Rituals We Live By

The sense of uncertainty that permeates the modern human experience is becoming more and more prevalent. Together with unrelenting technical advancement and sociopolitical instability, the post-pandemic era's significant socioeconomic changes have exacerbated a general state of flux. The World Health Organization (2022) reported a startling 25% increase in the prevalence of anxiety and depression worldwide within the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic alone, demonstrating the quantifiable effects of this environment on psychological well-being. People face an unrelenting need to adapt in this environment, frequently in the absence of the conventional social and cultural institutions that once offered a sense of security (Bauman, 2000). A basic human need—the pursuit of psychological techniques and methods that might stabilise the self, give one a sense of control, and develop the ability to overcome adversity—has been heightened by this contemporary situation.