My T said, fairly early on, with people experiencing anxiety about catching Covid, that I could use that to explain to people (like my parents)--that anxiety? That's like what I feel like all the time. And it struck me that it could be a way to explain...

As for asking for help, I can understand feeling that way. I feel bad lamenting things like "I can't go out to restaurants or to concerts" (well, now I *can* go to restaurants, but I don't feel safe doing so, or "I'm really struggling with my D and H home all the time" when people were dying. But my T said what I'm feeling is legitimate, not to compare it to what other people are experiencing. How part of it is that many of my coping mechanisms and the things that bring me joy (live music, for example) have been taken away. And there's also the effect on my daughter, who's on the autism spectrum and struggling considerably with distance learning and losing social skills and struggles with not being able to see other kids and her grandparents (except at a few socially distanced things).


You deserve whatever help you need.