Anonymous
08/22/2021 18:04
Subject: Re:3 signs that it is beginning again
Anonymous wrote:There are a number of ways that anxiety distorts your thought patterns, with the effect of increasing anxiety and making it harder for you to make decisions, enjoy things you'd normally enjoy, and just generally function. Here are a few:
Catastrophizing is when someone assumes that the worst will happen. Often, it involves believing that you’re in a worse situation than you really are or exaggerating the difficulties you face.
Jumping to conclusions can involve both believing that you know what others are thinking (mind reading) and predicting the future (fortune-telling or predictive thinking).
Overgeneralization means believing that the results of one situation predict the results of all future situations. If your thoughts often involve the words "all," "never," "always," and "every" you might be overgeneralizing.
Mental filtering means only seeing the negative parts of situations, and filtering out positive or neutral information.
Black and white thinking means seeing everything in extremes; there is no room for the middle ground and you see everything as all or none. Whatever the issue, there are no shades of gray when you are thinking this way. People are right or wrong and situations are good or bad.
If you recognize your thinking in any of this, especially around Covid, I would highly recommend talking to a medical professional about anxiety. I would also recommend maybe getting a workbook on CBT for anxiety, which will help you recognize when your thinking is being distorted by your anxiety and learn how to make adjustments so that instead of feeding anxiety, you can evaluate situations and make productive choices. Here is one: https://www.amazon.com/Cognitive-Behavioral-Workbook-Anxiety-Step/dp/1626250154
Cool. Covid numbers are still going up at an alarming rate. Even if the person saying so doesn’t exhibit any of the foregoing signs of anxiety. That’s the thing about numbers - they aren’t susceptible to right wing crazies on the internet calling them chicken little.
Anonymous
08/22/2021 18:02
Subject: Re:3 signs that it is beginning again
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Nothing is “happening again”. Fear based posts like this do nothing but contribute to the anxiety people may already be feeling. Just stop.
If "it's happening" means more lockdowns and control, I can agree with that, but I also know it has nothing to do with the real numbers out there.
If I wanted to control people, I could easily manipulate testing to reflect it to say what I want it to.
Actually you could not. That would take a level of government corruption and collusion among disinterested actors that defies logic.
Anonymous
08/22/2021 17:56
Subject: 3 signs that it is beginning again
Anonymous wrote:If “it’s happening” means “people in the DMV are freaking about covid” - you are correct. You can also see it in the increasingly hysterical calls to close DCPS again.
The freaking out never really stopped in the DMV.
Nothing is happening again you paranoid freak
Anonymous
08/22/2021 17:53
Subject: 3 signs that it is beginning again
Here go the Chicken Littles once again.
Anonymous
08/22/2021 17:52
Subject: 3 signs that it is beginning again
If “it’s happening” means “people in the DMV are freaking about covid” - you are correct. You can also see it in the increasingly hysterical calls to close DCPS again.
Anonymous
08/22/2021 17:50
Subject: Re:3 signs that it is beginning again
There are a number of ways that anxiety distorts your thought patterns, with the effect of increasing anxiety and making it harder for you to make decisions, enjoy things you'd normally enjoy, and just generally function. Here are a few:
Catastrophizing is when someone assumes that the worst will happen. Often, it involves believing that you’re in a worse situation than you really are or exaggerating the difficulties you face.
Jumping to conclusions can involve both believing that you know what others are thinking (mind reading) and predicting the future (fortune-telling or predictive thinking).
Overgeneralization means believing that the results of one situation predict the results of all future situations. If your thoughts often involve the words "all," "never," "always," and "every" you might be overgeneralizing.
Mental filtering means only seeing the negative parts of situations, and filtering out positive or neutral information.
Black and white thinking means seeing everything in extremes; there is no room for the middle ground and you see everything as all or none. Whatever the issue, there are no shades of gray when you are thinking this way. People are right or wrong and situations are good or bad.
If you recognize your thinking in any of this, especially around Covid, I would highly recommend talking to a medical professional about anxiety. I would also recommend maybe getting a workbook on CBT for anxiety, which will help you recognize when your thinking is being distorted by your anxiety and learn how to make adjustments so that instead of feeding anxiety, you can evaluate situations and make productive choices. Here is one: https://www.amazon.com/Cognitive-Behavioral-Workbook-Anxiety-Step/dp/1626250154
Catastrophizing is when someone assumes that the worst will happen. Often, it involves believing that you’re in a worse situation than you really are or exaggerating the difficulties you face.
Jumping to conclusions can involve both believing that you know what others are thinking (mind reading) and predicting the future (fortune-telling or predictive thinking).
Overgeneralization means believing that the results of one situation predict the results of all future situations. If your thoughts often involve the words "all," "never," "always," and "every" you might be overgeneralizing.
Mental filtering means only seeing the negative parts of situations, and filtering out positive or neutral information.
Black and white thinking means seeing everything in extremes; there is no room for the middle ground and you see everything as all or none. Whatever the issue, there are no shades of gray when you are thinking this way. People are right or wrong and situations are good or bad.
If you recognize your thinking in any of this, especially around Covid, I would highly recommend talking to a medical professional about anxiety. I would also recommend maybe getting a workbook on CBT for anxiety, which will help you recognize when your thinking is being distorted by your anxiety and learn how to make adjustments so that instead of feeding anxiety, you can evaluate situations and make productive choices. Here is one: https://www.amazon.com/Cognitive-Behavioral-Workbook-Anxiety-Step/dp/1626250154
Anonymous
08/22/2021 17:49
Subject: Re:3 signs that it is beginning again
Anonymous wrote:Nothing is “happening again”. Fear based posts like this do nothing but contribute to the anxiety people may already be feeling. Just stop.
If "it's happening" means more lockdowns and control, I can agree with that, but I also know it has nothing to do with the real numbers out there.
If I wanted to control people, I could easily manipulate testing to reflect it to say what I want it to.
Anonymous
08/22/2021 17:46
Subject: 3 signs that it is beginning again
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
The only real sign is the nursing care one. The others are just families coming back from vacation, buying groceries and rushing to get their ped appointments.
What you can look for is the availability of Covid testing! If people can't easily get an appointment for PCR tests, you'll know there's a lot of exposure going on.
The nursing home one is not a sign. They've been the most cautious of all, and each one has different rules
What's telling is that apparently they changed their policy recently. At least that's what I read in between the lines of the OP.
Anonymous
08/22/2021 17:46
Subject: 3 signs that it is beginning again
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
The only real sign is the nursing care one. The others are just families coming back from vacation, buying groceries and rushing to get their ped appointments.
What you can look for is the availability of Covid testing! If people can't easily get an appointment for PCR tests, you'll know there's a lot of exposure going on.
The nursing home one is not a sign. They've been the most cautious of all, and each one has different rules
I also meant to add, the other two aren't signs either. Stop the fear mongering.
Anonymous
08/22/2021 17:45
Subject: 3 signs that it is beginning again
Anonymous wrote:
The only real sign is the nursing care one. The others are just families coming back from vacation, buying groceries and rushing to get their ped appointments.
What you can look for is the availability of Covid testing! If people can't easily get an appointment for PCR tests, you'll know there's a lot of exposure going on.
The nursing home one is not a sign. They've been the most cautious of all, and each one has different rules
Anonymous
08/22/2021 17:35
Subject: 3 signs that it is beginning again
Just stop.
I got a grocery delivery the same day.
I got a grocery delivery the same day.
Anonymous
08/22/2021 17:35
Subject: 3 signs that it is beginning again
The only real sign is the nursing care one. The others are just families coming back from vacation, buying groceries and rushing to get their ped appointments.
What you can look for is the availability of Covid testing! If people can't easily get an appointment for PCR tests, you'll know there's a lot of exposure going on.
Anonymous
08/22/2021 17:35
Subject: Re:3 signs that it is beginning again
Nothing is “happening again”. Fear based posts like this do nothing but contribute to the anxiety people may already be feeling. Just stop.
Anonymous
08/22/2021 17:34
Subject: 3 signs that it is beginning again
Anonymous wrote:1) I had to wait 5 hours to get Instacart slot.
2) DS could not get an urgent care appointment before 8:50 today. We are just going to pediatrician tomorrow.
3) Nursing home would not accept hand-delivered care package for my relative.
Thank you for these facts from the ground, OP. They are much more valuable than the innumerable data sources on Covid prevalence.
Anonymous
08/22/2021 17:32
Subject: 3 signs that it is beginning again
1) I had to wait 5 hours to get Instacart slot.
2) DS could not get an urgent care appointment before 8:50 today. We are just going to pediatrician tomorrow.
3) Nursing home would not accept hand-delivered care package for my relative.
2) DS could not get an urgent care appointment before 8:50 today. We are just going to pediatrician tomorrow.
3) Nursing home would not accept hand-delivered care package for my relative.