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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I, too, want to be back in person. Last year was exhausting.  I am on the teacher FB group and I haven’t seen any posts about teachers wanting to start virtual nor have I heard anyone from my school say this.[/quote]

There is a discussion about how nervous everyone is. [/quote]

Curious if these were teachers who were in person in spring? I was nervous (despite believing being in-person was the right thing and intellectually knowing the risks were low) until I set foot in school and then it was easy to be there. I have been assuming this year would be similar. You just have to do it.[/quote]

THIS. People who haven’t been out much in 18 months are far more nervous than people who have. It’s not some big bogey man.[/quote]

This is absolutely true. It’s a real thing, called anxious avoidance. And the longer you avoid doing something he worse you build it up in your head. Any clinical psychologist will tell you that avoiding something you are nervous about is pretty much the worst thing you can do in terms of contributing to your anxiety level about it.

I’m not suggesting people throw caution to the wind. But I think some people on the most extreme end are going to need something akin to exposure therapy in order to avoid having a panic attack when they venture out in public. Past pandemics in other countries have provided us data on this. [/quote]

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