Am I Sick, or Just Freaking Out?


 

It’s kind of like a tornado just came through, isn’t it?

There’s a debris field of mayhem in its wake, and we’re looking around trying to figure out what the “new normal” is, what damage has been done, and what we need to worry about next.

In the case of this pandemic, the wreckage behind the storm is made up of our uncertainty and unanswered questions.  In short, it produces a lot of anxiety.

And that anxiety drives a lot of internal questions.  You know the questions I’m talking about…

What if I get sick?

What if someone I love gets sick?

Am I getting sick now?

Should I be worried about getting sick?

Can I get sick just from worrying about getting sick?

I’m guessing some form of these questions are floating around for all of us.  But, so what?  Is there anything we can do about it?

I think there is.

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