Serious anxiety this morning. [View all]

[hamsterjill]

I’ve dealt with anxiety my whole life, but until the pandemic, I was able to deal with it.

With all that’s happened over the last year, there are days I can barely force myself to get out of bed. The fear, the dread, the tension.

I hear consistently how a record number of people are experiencing this due to the pandemic, but I really haven’t seen much of an increase in either resources available and/or real discussion of this.

It typically helps to talk about things that promote anxiety. So, can we talk? What are some things you are dealing with, and how are you coping?

I’m trying to be realistic. I’m trying to be gentle with myself and lower expectations. But there are real, concrete issues that I have to confront (job loss, impending loss of health coverage and what to do about that, etc.). I try to set one goal every day. I seem to only be able to deal with a little at a time.

I take a walk every day and try to breathe and smell the air and let go. But the tension is always there.

DU’ers, can we just talk????