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Originally Posted by NP_Complete
Apparently global pandemics turn me into a miserable, envious, pathetic excuse of a human being. I wish I could handle this with the grace that others seem to have right now. I'm feeling sui and like a huge millstone around my therapist's neck right now. People are dying and I should just shut up and do my isolation like everyone else is, but it's killing me. I didn't realize how important just going to work 5 days a week and, even though I'm pretty quiet, just listening to others around me talk and laugh was.
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I don't know many who are feeling very graceful about this. Most people I talk to are like me, on an emotional roller coaster - some moments feeling okay and giving ourselves pep talks; the next moment full on anxiety about health or finances or just trying to do our jobs from home; the next moment a blubbering, crying mess. I honestly haven't spoken to anyone who isn't riding that roller coaster. I'm sure they may exist, but not in my circle (and I have a pretty big circle). And I guess the one thing keeping this all in perspective overall is the knowledge that everyone out there is experiencing this stressor at the same time. This is one of the only circumstance I can think of where we really are all going through pretty much the same thing. The details may be different, but the overall experience is weirdly universal.