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Mental Health Support

iwillalwayswonderwhy

(2,601 posts)

17. Partly, I think the pandemic turned me into a bit of a hermit

Reply to whathehell (Reply #15)

Sat May 22, 2021, 02:02 PM

May 2021

Last time she visited, we did a lot of sightseeing. I just don’t feel up to it. That could change once she’s here, but I just feel anxious and full of dread.

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Anyone else feeling newly stressed in social situations, Post Quarantine? [View all] whathehell May 2021 OP

I'm finding people I know going over the top bucolic_frolic May 2021 #1

I noticed that in the grocery. True Blue American May 2021 #4

I'm experiencing some of what you've mentioned. whathehell May 2021 #20

My Agorophobia is in overdrive! Fritz Walter May 2021 #2

Wow whathehell May 2021 #14

Maybe it is just me, but True Blue American May 2021 #3

Hmm.. whathehell May 2021 #16

I have a friend in Florida who wants to visit me in the U.K. in August iwillalwayswonderwhy May 2021 #5

If she's been vaccinated let her come oldsoftie May 2021 #8

Is it because.. whathehell May 2021 #15

Partly, I think the pandemic turned me into a bit of a hermit iwillalwayswonderwhy May 2021 #17

Be up front about not wanting to do much sightseeing. No Vested Interest May 2021 #18

I think it's done something similar to me.. whathehell May 2021 #19

I was never really "locked down" so it wasnt bad oldsoftie May 2021 #6

I've never not felt like this... diverdownjt May 2021 #7

Me Naio May 2021 #9

I'm usually okay once I go out, but I dread it. Rhiannon12866 May 2021 #10

i'm dreading seeing my neighbors. mopinko May 2021 #11

You are not alone. There was a cartoon in the New Yorker recently expressing the same sentiment. c-rational May 2021 #12

Okay, thanks for telling me. whathehell May 2021 #13

Yeah feel so awkward I_UndergroundPanther Jul 2021 #21