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It is a brutal way to liveand (wait for it) completely unprecedented.
We are also presented with information on social media based on our previous usage and clicking patterns.
If your anxiety and coronaphobia is extra terrifying, it might also help to look intoaccessible therapy resources.
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), but a high compared to our pre-Corona numbers leveling at about 3.5 percent (boo).
But where you are now will not last forever.
Know its not linear: Having a good day yesterday and a bad day today doesnt mean youre backsliding.
This is what normal processing looks like.
Take care of where you are today.
The pain of not knowing when we can live is palpable.
It powers something called theseeking systemfound in the lower brain, cognitive neuroscientistNan Wise, PhDpreviously told Well+Good.
And there are real barriers that are keeping many of from, say, jetting off to Paris.
But there is a case fornot postponing your plansif you could find a happy workaround.
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Its also being honest and true to yourself about whats important to you.
These all umbrella under fear of uncertainty, because its hard to know when and how this will end.
We just take care of ourselves the best we can in the meantime.
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