{"id":62639,"date":"2021-10-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/62639\/someone-asked-how-people-are-coping-in-beirut-these-were-the-responses"},"modified":"2021-10-21T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-10-21T00:00:00","slug":"someone-asked-how-people-are-coping-in-beirut-these-were-the-responses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/62639\/someone-asked-how-people-are-coping-in-beirut-these-were-the-responses\/","title":{"rendered":"Someone Asked How People Are Coping In Beirut, These Were The Responses"},"content":{"rendered":"It is a fairly simple question, but one that definitely has us wondering. How <B><I>ARE<\/i><\/b> all the people in Beirut and Lebanon coping right now? Is there any way that one can cope with what is happening? <br \/>  <br \/>  An AUB professor and anthropologist named Sylvain Perdigon posed this very question on his Twitter account, and the responses were both relatable and heartbreaking. <br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">How do you do it, those of you who cope (in Beirut right now)?<\/p>\u2014 Sylvain Perdigon (@sylvaindarwish) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sylvaindarwish\/status\/1450886557901152263?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 20, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <B>Some revealed that they in fact, do not cope.<\/b><br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We don&#8217;t. We are more like depressed anxious zombies<\/p>\u2014 Rahlou Azizi (@RahlouA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RahlouA\/status\/1450901057320726537?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 20, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We don\u2019t. Some cannot cope any longer.<\/p>\u2014 Marco Bardus (@marcobardus) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marcobardus\/status\/1450894866238656514?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 20, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <B>Others had very creative fixes:<\/b><br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">mouth guard<\/p>\u2014 thefdz (@thefdz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thefdz\/status\/1450893780652015628?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 20, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I make sure to go up to Ehden as often as I can!<\/p>\u2014 Jamil Mouawad (@JamilMouawad) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JamilMouawad\/status\/1450892404610027526?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 20, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Drinking our anxiety and depression away <\/p>\u2014 LynnB (@Lynn_Bayram) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Lynn_Bayram\/status\/1450932692359520266?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 20, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <B>And others gave tried and true advice:<\/b><br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Honestly, I tune out. I say fuck it and focus on myself and my family. It might seem selfish but I can&#8217;t survive otherwise.<\/p>\u2014 Michael Haddad (@Michael_Haddad0) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Michael_Haddad0\/status\/1450938749739806723?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 20, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">By living in a bubble and being busy with work, doing things that resets our mood like hiking, being in nature, a lot of mindfulness&#8230;meditation, yoga, stretching&#8230;.and being surrounded by friends and family<\/p>\u2014 Angelique Sabounjian (@ASabounjian) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ASabounjian\/status\/1451062288702709762?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 21, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A small circle of positive funny friends. Your small community family like without the drama. You share and support problems, discuss issues but mostly share laughs jokes even cynical ones. <br>For some, like me it\u2019s the only reason I stay.<\/p>\u2014 Ariane Elmas (@ArianeElmas) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ArianeElmas\/status\/1451073750473056264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 21, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>  How are you all coping?","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is a fairly simple question, but one that definitely has us 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