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How I’ve been Managing My Corona Anxiety

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I woke up this morning actually feeling okay and at peace with myself. And though today is not any different than most of my days, I’ve noticed my perspective has changed and opened up some more room for other things in my brain.

I am still on my daily anxiolytic and having teleTHERAPY but I wanted to share what I have been doing to manage my anxiety at home.

Accepting what is

A lot of my anxiety was caused by me focusing on when all of this will be over with. I wanted to just sleep through this period of my life and wake up when it was all over. I was not focusing on the here and now and what my needs were because I just wanted the problem to be fixed. But as time went on and after I did some more meditating and therapy, I am starting to accept what is right now.

After accepting this as my current life, I am learning to do what feels best for me in this new life. Because nothing is keeping me back from learning more, and exploring more within myself.

Giving myself time for freak outs

Even though I am accepting more of what is, I am still prone to freak outs. Ones where I am over thinking and I am thinking about how things were before the pandemic or I worry about catching the virus… I could go on and on. I feel it is fine for me to have these moments as long as they are not taking over my whole day. So, I have been putting in about 30 minute blocks in my schedule for freak outs and I am trying to decrease the amount of time and blocks as time goes on.

This way, I have scheduled time for a freak out and then I can move on with my day.

I meditate

Now that I do have the time in my day, I meditate. Even if it is for 5 minutes or at the end of my at home yoga practice, I take some time with my thoughts. I try to keep it away from my anxieties and more about growth and improvement within myself. Also working through other traumas that are holding me back in life.

What are you doing to cope with your anxieties?

Beauty

Thoughts on Online Thrifting During Pandemic

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I love thrifting. Whether it is in person or online, I used to spend a lot of my time at my local Goodwill and on Depop prior to the pandemic. In fact, I remember the last thing I bought before everything shut down was a long mint green blazer I could wear to work in the springtime weather.

However, as I am searching on Depop, I was wondering how safe is it to online shop or more specifically online thrift shop during these times. As a scientist, I had to research how long the virus can live on surfaces (which was considerably long amount of time for a virus) and looked up various other articles about risk of contamination during shipping.

And according to the CDC, “[T]here is likely very low risk of spread from products or packaging that are shipped over a period of days or weeks at ambient temperatures.” That is good news for me and online store businesses. However, when buying online I still pondered the thought Is it ethical?

When I buy from Depop for example, I think about the one person I am buying from and that’s it usually. But since the pandemic, I think about every person that has to put themselves at risk to deliver my product to my door and if it is worth it. I think them having jobs during this time is a necessity but besides the fact that there is no where to go, my online shopping urge has abruptly stopped as I am still thinking about these questions. I have still ordered some necessities online but I can’t get myself to shop for other things anymore..

What are your thoughts?