India, March 24 -- I have been working with clients across countries over the last few years - they include in-person therapy and conducting trainings designed to help people navigate anxiety. During one such session with a client from a war-afflicted country, both of us considered how many of the concerns we discuss in therapy seem inconsequential amidst war. The awareness of death, for example, changes when we view it through the lens of what truly matters and what we need to stop worrying about.

Through our session, we realised how one part of the world struggles minute by minute, hypervigilant amidst missile interceptions and loud nighttime sounds, while a large section operates as if anesthetized to these events. This mass anaesthes...