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Life managing anxiety post pandemic - Beeker25 - 08-17-2022
Hey y’all, I wanted to start this thread to see what it’s like for some of us since the pandemic. Did it create more anxiety? New anxiety? It did for me! Especially working with the general public. Everyday felt like roulette! How did some of y’all deal and work through it?
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RE: Life managing anxiety post pandemic - happyvibe - 08-18-2022
Hi Beeker25!
I think for me it created a new anxiety where i was feeling very hopeless about humanity and constantly worrying about my love ones getting sick. Also wfh everyday i missed the distraction of other people to get me out of my head!
Things now are better and after having covid im less fearful of it. But my anxiety manifests itself in different ways. Always keeping me on my toes :-)
RE: Life managing anxiety post pandemic - Beeker25 - 08-20-2022
Hey Happyvibe. Thank you for sharing. For me it was a lot of that as well. My COVID was pretty minor so I got lucky. But I know what ya mean as far as anxiety manifests differently. Forever changing!
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RE: Life managing anxiety post pandemic - barq2 - 08-22-2022
Good question... no doubt it made me anxious about passing COVID on to older family members... although I was also less worried after I had COVID. Unfortunately my dad died of COVID and I'll never know precisely how he caught it (although I know it can't have been me).
During the main pandemic when we were advised to keep physical distance, I'd watch movies and get quite stressed if characters got too close together! Good thing I don't watch romantic comedies! lol
I still avoid busy places if they don't seem well ventilated. If I absolutely have to go there, then I wear a FFP3 mask (99% filtration - it's a European standard). I had to take my mother to hospital last week and was horrified by people coughing everywhere who wouldn't wear a mask (they were provided for free). I know some people can't wear them, but less than half had a mask.
I reckon I'm a bit agoraphobic now and stay home more than I used to. The good news is my hand hygeine is now so good that I haven't had a cold for ages, ok, I'm tempting fate! ;-)
@happyvibe I know what you mean about worrying for humanity. I was convinced civilisation would collapse - or at least really serious food shortages and power blackouts. Now I have the same fear being in the UK, wishing we hadn't left the European Union, and looking anxiously at Ukraine/Russia. I think COVID conditioned me to be in constant emergency mode. Does that make any sense?
RE: Life managing anxiety post pandemic - happyvibe - 08-22-2022
Hi barq- I’m so sorry to hear of the passing of your father. I hope you are holding up OK.
I still worry about humanity specially living in the US and I see so much crime police brutality, Violence in schools I also worry for the younger generation that was forced to do remote school for so long I don’t know how that will affect them some might say the pandemic is behind us and I think it brought out the worst part of our society. Covid conditioned a lot of us that always that we were essentialy right.
I don’t want to sound like a negative Nelly! I try and read one happy story a day that just makes me smile! I’m always on Instagram looking for stories and laughing to myself hey whatever works!
When the war started in Ukraine I went through all my social media and blocked out news because I was getting too depressed again it’s harder for you because you live in that region but I pray that it ends soon although I do think it won’t.
Stay well all!
RE: Life managing anxiety post pandemic - barq2 - 10-28-2022
(08-22-2022, 10:52 PM)happyvibe Wrote: Hi barq- I’m so sorry to hear of the passing of your father. I hope you are holding up OK.
I still worry about humanity specially living in the US and I see so much crime police brutality, Violence in schools I also worry for the younger generation that was forced to do remote school for so long I don’t know how that will affect them some might say the pandemic is behind us and I think it brought out the worst part of our society. Covid conditioned a lot of us that always that we were essentialy right.
I don’t want to sound like a negative Nelly! I try and read one happy story a day that just makes me smile! I’m always on Instagram looking for stories and laughing to myself hey whatever works!
When the war started in Ukraine I went through all my social media and blocked out news because I was getting too depressed again it’s harder for you because you live in that region but I pray that it ends soon although I do think it won’t.
Stay well all!
Sorry for my late reply - busy at work.
My father lived a long and full life. I could have done with more closure... him being in hospital with COVID meant it was very hard to visit and I couldn't touch him. However he was already ill before the COVID, he was suffering with a lot of things, so his quality of life was very poor. You could say it was a release.
In my country there is less police brutality since most police don't have guns. Sometimes bad things happen, but I hear about the violence in American schools and it makes me worry. I have a lot of love for America since I spent a few months studying at a major university in the midwest. So when I see it being torn apart it makes me sad. The people I met were kind. We debated all sorts and often disagreed, but it was respectful. That was 10 years ago and my American friends tell me it's changed.
In the UK we are supposed to be sensible, but maybe a bit boring... yet it is like we've gone mad. Brexit, the more recently we managed to have 3 Prime Ministers in 50 days. That's just crazy! I'm sure when we have an election the current lot will be kicked out. Besides it's not healthy for one political party to constantly be in power. They need time out, time to think, listen to the people, etc.
I work in education and am meeting the young students who spent 2 years mostly being taught online. I try to give them as much proper contact as possible and I can tell they really appreciate it. Things have been hard on them, but I'm impressed they are making the best of things again. They give me hope.
Your habit of deliberately reading one happy story a day sounds a good one - I might do the same. Thanks for that. :-)
RE: Life managing anxiety post pandemic - Charon - 10-28-2022
RE: Life managing anxiety post pandemic - Spiderbyte - 07-24-2023
Post pandemic, I find the biggest issue to be I’m starting to dig the social isolation. I was so relieved at all the weddings and parties and travel being cancelled and “not HAVING” to do anything. I told my husband, “if it weren’t for the panic I feel over the virus itself and getting provisions safely and stuff, THIS LOCKDOWN would be the BEST THING Ever! Afterward, when things opened up, I found myself making excuses not to do things, not answering calls from friends. It’s not agoraphobia, I just HATE Having stuff hanging over my head and enjoy my home and husband and being a homebody
RE: Life managing anxiety post pandemic - Charon - 07-24-2023
yeah my houseshare is fine. And my feral cat is even better company. From what I read I don't want to try to traverse the roads in any way shape nor form.
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