Unearthing the unfamiliar face of COVID 19: an analysis of its effect on psychological well-being

The staggering surge of menacing COVID 19 pandemic has exposed the entire human civilization to an utterly bewildering situation where they are witnessing an unanticipated paradigm shift concerning the means of carrying out their day-to-day sustenance. They are not only psychologically terrified by the imminent peril that the COVID 19 is posing but they are also in a tug of war between life and livelihood which is mentally tearing them apart. Such unprecedented pandemic is bound to affect the mental health and wellbeing of different age groups of citizens differently. Yet the most mentally vulnerable of these age groups are the people who are adolescent and senior citizens. The restriction of movement and following awfully tiring safety measures are undoubtedly fuelling the pent up energy of adolescent teenagers and pushing them towards being a ticking time bomb. While on the other hand, the lonesome senior citizens with underlying health conditions are already freaking out due to the unbearable news of being included in the age group with a high mortality rate. So ironically, the COVID 19 pandemic induced psychological crisis is adversely affecting more people than it is physically affecting. This research paper embarks upon a journey to explore more of such glaring psychological complexities that the above-mentioned age groups are incessantly facing at an exponential rate owing to this perplexing situation and also attempts to provide with some plausible suggestions that can drag them out of such blinding pit of misery.