Caroline O'Donoghue: Dealing with bad news when we have no choice but to just sit and stew in it

We’re at the point in the pandemic where we’ve all received bad news, in one way or another. Holidays cancelled, birthdays postponed, jobs lost, employees furloughed.

At one end of the spectrum, there’s “a loved one has died or is in critical condition”, and at the other end, there’s “I can’t get a plumber to come to my house for another two months, and the tap is dripping”.