COVID Inner crisis

[sav_11]

Being quarantined and forced to stay in is making my metal health plummet. My anxiety is sky rocketing because I have my senior year of college now online, my graduation cancelled, my potential internship basically impossible to gain now, my boyfriend 3 hours away being quarantined there, and my OCD is freaking out. I can’t stop the running thoughts or the fixations and even though I don’t watch the news to reduce stress I can’t avoid it. This pandemic is straight out of an anxiety attack for me and I can’t find a positive outlook right now. I sleep all day, barely sleep at night, and have very little drive to do much of anything. I try crafts and watching new movies but it’s hard to stay motivated and not depressed and feeling worthless. I need some pointers on how to cope without being able to see my therapist and not doing my usual coping mechanisms since I’m stuck at home.

[jesca18]

I was finally doing so well the past few months. I knew it was too good to be true. I had been waiting years for my depression to lift. All it took for me was finding the right meds but it took foreverrrrrrr. Now that I finally have energy (something I’ve had very little of in prior years) this had to happen. I went from sleeping all the time.. to actually being excited to wake up. Now I’m wishing I were my old self being able to sleep all the time ugh. Time is dragging.

I recently found out my dad has cancer. That was bad enough to deal with and now this! I can’t see my boyfriend or any of my friends at all bc I risk my father’s health if I do! This virus is literally making me go mad.

Just wanted to let you know I can relate. Everyone is going through this. Reach out if you want to chat