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Wednesday, April 22, 2020

Cycle of Worry during the Pandemic #MentalHealth

We humans are creatures of habit, it’s what makes us feel secure. When everything that was normal becomes turned on its ear, we invariably become unsettled… anxious.


Whatever was not going right in your life emotionally before the pandemic is probably being magnified and showcased for you right now.


This pandemic is shining a spotlight on our inner selves. Your eyes can now see, in high-def living color, what’s been missing, what’s been disjointed, what’s been problematic in your life, maybe even for a long time.


Worrying is insecurity’s major delivery system. Insecurity and worry are joined at the hip. When we feel out of control and vulnerable, we want to do something to regain a sense of control. This tendency to want to be in control is baked into our DNA — humans hate, absolutely loathe, being out of control. Now, finding ourselves confronted with this pandemic, our imaginations have become a blank screen on which to project our deepest worries and fears.

3 Ways the Pandemic Shines a Light on Your Issues 


  • Being locked away with your closest people highlights whatever problems exist in your relationships with those people. For example, have you been angry with your spouse for a long time? You’re likely to notice it more now.
  • Being prevented from engaging in your external life makes you either miss it or be happy to be away from it. Which is it for you? What does this say about how you have been living your life?
  • Having far fewer external distractions leaves you sitting with your inner self. Your body may have been trying to send you messages for some time (maybe even years) and you have been too busy, too distracted, too externally focused, or too tired to notice. Now you can pay attention. What are they? What do they mean?


Take your life back from insecurity and worry
  • Beginning today, differentiate between facts and emotional fictions if it takes place anytime but at the moment, it’s a fiction.
  • Recognize that you are not your insecurity. Insecurity is a long-standing habit.
  • An active mind can insist on more healthy thinking.
  • Try distractions like watching TV (not the news) or reading a great book, exercise, getting outside, immersing yourself in a hobby. Or simply employ a mantra telling yourself, “Stop it! Drop it!”
A Therapist's Guide to Emotional Health in a Pandemic - The Atlantic


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