The Return to Routine: How MHFA Principles Help Israelis Adjust to Post-Crisis Normalcy

There is a phrase that has begun to appear again in Israeli conversations — chozrim leseder yom, "returning to the daily order."

After months of sirens, funerals, and emergency broadcasts, the idea of "routine" feels almost foreign. Streets are busier, schools are open, flights are resuming. On the surface, life is back. But for many Israelis, normal life now feels like walking across a cracked floor — one step at a time, never quite sure where the next fracture lies.

Mental Health First Aid Israel refers to this period as the fragile normal — the psychological transition between survival and true recovery. It's the space where people function, but not fully.