Re: Did you ever feel anxious and lonely in this Covid19 outbreak?
Originally Posted by
meltedchic
@NoraB Your comment made me remember an article I bumped in the net that says "Stay informed—but don’t obsessively check the news" (here is the article link -
https://www.helpguide.org/articles/a...us-anxiety.htm). I agree with you. Nowadays, some news are really not news at all, they are not giving honest information, almost are fake news. And another thing that I need to really cut down is my time on social media - twitter posts and comments are not helping with my anxiety :(
I think it makes an enormous difference. I don't get my news from anywhere other then the BBC because I know it's real, not fake, and I only tune in when Bozzer & Co are giving briefings. I am practically non-existent on Facebook where you currently can't move for soapboxes, fear mongering, and shaming. I just go straight to looking at somebody's purple toe in my fibro groups.
With anxiety, it's really important to control what goes into our mind because we won't be able to turn this shit off once it's in. In distancing ourselves we're practising selfcare.
Last night I watched Upstart Crow with the 1603 Lockdown, and it was very funny but in a way that doesn't belittle the seriousness of our situation.
I do worry about people on here re COVID because this is a mental health forum, and some members are clearly absorbing everything COVID regardless of whether it's real or not and they will be dealing with the effects of this long after life has returned to semi-normality.
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