RAD: A way to cope with uncertainty

Clarity is comforting while uncertainty can be disconcerting. For example:

If you’re vaccinated, how safe will you be from COVID? How transmissible will you be? You’re invited to a gathering of eight people. Do you go? How about if you'd have to get on a plane?Amid the COVID-shrunk economy, will you keep your job?How dangerous are carbs? Red meat? Saturated fat? Marijuana?Should you invest conservatively, such as in a bank CD or in a stock mutual fund, which has greater risk but potentially greater reward?Is there a God worth placing faith in?Is there an afterlife?

Alas, there are no clear answers to such questions. So how can you deal with the uncertainty?

One approach that my clients have found helpful is RAD. I describe it in my Psychology Today article today.