"Why are we being switched off, but they aren't?": why this is more infuriating than the blackout itself and how to curb your anger

Blackouts have taught us to live without light and heat. To endure, to adapt, to put life "on pause". But there's one thing we never got used to – when your house is dark, but the light in your neighbor's house never goes out.

At this point, the problem is no longer about electricity, but about injustice, and it is this that becomes the trigger. Because the anger that arises from "why not us again" usually results in conflicts with neighbors, destroys the sense of security at home, and gradually deprives us of the ability to negotiate. If we do not understand in time what is happening to the psyche in the conditions of unequal blackouts, this anger begins to control behavior even when a person considers themselves restrained and rational.

Together with psychologist Inna Korchikova, we'll explore why the feeling of injustice is harder to bear than the discomfort itself, why it's easier to find someone to blame when you're in need than to ask for help, and how to avoid completely falling out with your neighbors and loved ones in these circumstances.