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Originally Posted by Discombobulated
I was going to post a separate thread on this but then I thought actually it fits right here.
I’m not particularly concerned about covid anymore, that’s not to say I think it’s no longer a threat, just that I personally have had it and was okay.
But I am really aware of how the last 2 years have affected my mental health. Specifically my anxiety and social anxiety issues. Over the last 10 years I made great strides with my social anxiety, I mixed with more people, I did a whole host of different activities. Slowly I did improve- okay not the life and soul of the party but every day functioning good.
Now I feel uneasy about socialising. Not terrified but uneasy. I have not been for an evening out in over 2 years. Tomorrow night me and my h are going out, a low key musical event, then afterwards I booked a nearby hotel. I want to do it - that’s why I booked it but I feel uneasy. I wish I could just let go and have fun.
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This is totally understandable. For people who already gave some steps forward to combat their social anxiety, all this time was a nail in the coffin.
Indeed, the rest of the population also have been effected by the isolation in terms of depressions and other issues.
On one side I made the thread here, in anxiety forum because I thought people with SA like you or me, won’t have any problem with being isolated. It may be kind of relief. And I would doubt that we were have many risks of being infected or infect others but I forgot about SA people who are trying to battle this illness. @
BreakForTheLight, made me consider with one of her posts here about that possibility.
I’m very happy you got to have some fun. 😘