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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think a lot of people have underlying anxiety that they've managed to repress by staying busy. The pandemic made it so they couldn't be busy. Add that with the constant media hype over the pandemic and it caused people to spin out of control.  I have anxiety and have been a nurse working on a Covid ward since the beginning (though we haven't had any cases at my hospital in 3 weeks and have less than 15 hospitalized in my entire state!).  Had I not used my coping techniques my anxiety would have spiraled and I would have been like those you describe. [/quote]

Please list coping strategies:) 
Thank you for all you have done.[/quote]

I do not watch the news. I had to do this early on in the pandemic (and am still very frustrated how it was handled by the media). At the end of each day I check the Covid stats for my state. If there is anything important in the news I either see it on DCUM or DH tells me. That's probably the biggest thing.

Gratitude and centering. Forcing myself to look at the good in things helps the anxiety. When I feel anxiety coming on, I center myself. The best one for me is calming breaths and once that sets in I find 5 things I see,  4 things I can touch, 3 things I can hear, 2 I can smell, 1 can taste. By the time.im done, that panic feeling has subsided

No wallowing or what ifs. If you let your brain go down that hole it sucks you in. If I start doing that, I force myself to redirect my thought process. I do something else. I think about something else

Committing to social activities. No backing out because I'm not up for it. If I go, I'll have a good time and come back in a better mood. If I bail, I'll wallow.  [/quote]

DCUM provokes more anxiety than the news because of all of the misinformation.[/quote]

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