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Suddenly having deja-vu’s from when Covid-19 emerged.

• Trasmatta 5y ago
  Yeah, I'm remembering March 2020 and people saying this was going to be a multi year pandemic. I didn't want to believe it, but it sounded about right, given how pandemics go...and here we are, in 2022. You'd think COVID would have taught me some good coping strategies for disconcerting world events, and yet here I am, still anxious as ever.
  • steve_adams_86 5y ago
    Well in your defence, nothing has really changed to make these events less disconcerting and learning skills to navigate and handle situations of this magnitude isn’t a trivial matter. It’s important to realize, I think, that this stuff really is a big deal. It would be worse if we all became totally apathetic and had no sense of the significance of what’s unfolding around us.
    • Trasmatta 5y ago
      I don't want to become apathetic, but I need to learn how to better process what's happening and continue living my life at the same time. Right now I'm walking around in a near constant state of dread, and tossing and turning every single night (which was how most of 2020 was for me). Which doesn't help me or anyone else.
      • steve_adams_86 5y ago
        Absolutely. You’re not alone though. This stuff can be difficult to process at the best of times. It’s a tired horse to beat, but I’d recommend breathing if you haven’t tried it. My mind races just about every night unless I read myself to sleep. When it’s really bad I’ll often do some sort of hyperventilating exercise combined with breath holds, like the Wim Hoff thing. The rollercoaster of oxygen flushing the system and adrenaline (I think?) winds up being a stellar reset button and I can usually relax well after.
• monkeybutton 5y ago
  I remember claims at the beginning of covid that it'd realistically be 16 months to get through it which wasn't so wrong considering the timing of mass vaccinations.