I can go out shopping, visit friends, go on a walk - all things I couldn't do before the pandemic due to my agoraphobia. I think it's the public demasking (excuse the unintentional pun) that has made it so much easier. All of my maladaptive behaviors are just becoming normalizes survival techniques. Everyone around me is feeling just as lost, scared and incompetent as I always have, but I've got the advantage of decades of experience.
I hate the pandemic due to all of the death and I don't want to appear to take pleasure in others' suffering - it has just made my personal circumstances a lot less uncomfortable.
I can go out shopping, visit friends, go on a walk - all things I couldn't do before the pandemic due to my agoraphobia. I think it's the public demasking (excuse the unintentional pun) that has made it so much easier. All of my maladaptive behaviors are just becoming normalizes survival techniques. Everyone around me is feeling just as lost, scared and incompetent as I always have, but I've got the advantage of decades of experience.
I hate the pandemic due to all of the death and I don't want to appear to take pleasure in others' suffering - it has just made my personal circumstances a lot less uncomfortable.