Vogueのインスタグラム(voguemagazine) - 1月2日 05時45分

Seeing feel-good affirmations across your social media pages lately? "Everything happens for a reason," or "2020 did bring some good moments..."

Spiritual bypassing describes the act of using explanations of enlightenment or catchall sentiments to avoid complex psychological issues. “It’s a tendency to use spiritual ideas and practices to sidestep or avoid facing unresolved emotional issues, psychological wounds, and unfinished developmental tasks,” says John Welwood, who coined the term. “Essentially it’s avoiding or repressing one’s basic needs or feelings that may be uncomfortable and giving meaning through spirituality,” adds therapist and mental health advocate Liz Beecroft.

As we have witnessed some of this country’s deepest flaws bubble to the surface in 2020—health-care inequities, racial and social injustice, access to fair and free elections—it’s understandable that so many of us would want to emotionally sidestep our realities, even if just to maintain a sense of sanity.

So, are you spiritually bypassing 2020? You wouldn't be alone. Tap the link in our bio to read more about it. Photographed by Roxanne Lowit.

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