A woman holds her daughter in her arms after fleeing the southern suburbs of Beirut following Israeli strikes, on March 2, 2026. (Credit: Emilie Madi/Reuters)
In a country once again on the brink of chaos, anxiety and exhaustion are taking over people’s minds. How can they not break down when instability and violence follow each other at ever-shorter intervals? In this interview with L'Orient-Le Jour, Clinical Psychologist and Psychotherapist Nayla Karameh Majdalani explains that while fear has long driven survival instincts, repetition now seems to be creating something different. A "collective anger," she says, "has seized the entire population." On-the-ground 'God damn them': Hezbollah faces the wrath of its own community Lebanon is going through a new war barely a year after the previous one. What do you observe most today among your compatriots: a certain collective weariness, a desensitization, or, on the contrary, a permanent anxiety due to the accumulation...
In a country once again on the brink of chaos, anxiety and exhaustion are taking over people’s minds. How can they not break down when instability and violence follow each other at ever-shorter intervals? In this interview with L'Orient-Le Jour, Clinical Psychologist and Psychotherapist Nayla Karameh Majdalani explains that while fear has long driven survival instincts, repetition now seems to be creating something different. A "collective anger," she says, "has seized the entire population." On-the-ground 'God damn them': Hezbollah faces the wrath of its own community Lebanon is going through a new war barely a year after the previous one. What do you observe most today among your compatriots: a certain collective weariness, a desensitization, or, on the contrary, a permanent anxiety due to the...
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