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Diminishing fear of illness and a lack of success in view of the continued high number of infections undermine compliance with the corona measures, according to the assessment of psychologist Stephan Grünewald.
The rules, which were experienced as non-transparent and inconsistent, also played their part in the fact that people were currently behaving differently than in the first lockdown in spring, said Grünewald in Cologne.
These results emerged from a depth psychological investigation carried out by his Rheingold Institute.
“In the meantime, a corona routine has established itself among people,” explained Grünewald, who has also become known through books such as “How does Germany tick?”.
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In the spring, many were under the impression of the terrible pictures from Bergamo in Italy.
The situation at that time was experienced as an "adventurous exceptional situation" that conjured up fears.
Today, however, Corona has become part of their everyday reality for many.
Differences can be observed, for example, in shopping behavior: if in spring you tried to do everything possible in one weekly bulk shopping, daily shopping is now often the social or sensual highlight of the day.
They are therefore extremely concerned about possible curfews.
After the long time in lockdown, citizens of all age groups increasingly expressed the feeling "that life is running through their fingers, that they are irretrievably missing out on their youth or the joys of old age", says Grünewald.
People experience it as increasingly grueling that their victims are apparently not crowned with success, as the number of infections remains high.
“While last spring the numbers went down very quickly and the weather got better and better - which was received like a heavenly commendation - people now imagine themselves in an endless loop in which the good news like the start of the vaccination is immediately followed by the bad news are overshadowed by virus mutations ”, explained Grünewald.
That stirs up a resigned mood.