I’ve had a similar conversation about the situation in Ukraine with my T.
His response was as follows: ‘you’re right there are so many uncertainties, nobody knows what is going to happen and that in itself can be frightening. I don’t want to sit here and give you false reassurance that everything is going to be ok and you’ve got nothing to worry about. That wouldn’t be fair as I have no idea what the future holds and overall that reassurance won’t be enough to counteract everything else that you are hearing on the news anyway. But what I can do is tell you that what you’re feeling is completely understandable, worry and fear when something like this is happening are emotions that lots of people will be experiencing and we can talk through them and explore them together. I know this response falls short because you want reassurance from me and perhaps guarantees about being safe, so I’m sorry I can’t give you what you need but it wouldn’t be fair for me to tell you something that I have absolutely no idea is going to be correct or not.’