yyz67
Fractal Fanatic
I'm not normally one to be the optimist in the group or try to shift thoughts and feelings towards a more calm or positive direction. However, over the last week or so my internal stress has been out-of-whack from the current actual situation around me, and this has me looking at myself and my automatic reactions to uncertainty and fear.
This isn't to say it might not get bad and then worse and more scary and dire as time goes on. But there is something of a social feedback of fear/anxiety I witness in myself and others, particularly with social media. It is as if my normally dormant fight-flight-freeze system has been triggered or hijacked by the emotion, fear, and dire predictions that some put out there, especially in the long COVID thread initiated by Cliff.
I think we are each "coping" in our own way, but without actual positive community support around (some of) us to band together and calm nerves and get back to care, connection, and warmth, its easy to let fear get the better of me/us. As someone said in the other thread "people are going through phases of being intrigued, extremely concerned, paranoid, and then acceptance/burned out." Feels like that to me.
This thread is not for discussion about the COVID situation or how to address it etc., but about more personal look at what is going on for us and how to stay calm, aware, responsive, and positive (if possible). Here are some possible prompts:
This isn't to say it might not get bad and then worse and more scary and dire as time goes on. But there is something of a social feedback of fear/anxiety I witness in myself and others, particularly with social media. It is as if my normally dormant fight-flight-freeze system has been triggered or hijacked by the emotion, fear, and dire predictions that some put out there, especially in the long COVID thread initiated by Cliff.
I think we are each "coping" in our own way, but without actual positive community support around (some of) us to band together and calm nerves and get back to care, connection, and warmth, its easy to let fear get the better of me/us. As someone said in the other thread "people are going through phases of being intrigued, extremely concerned, paranoid, and then acceptance/burned out." Feels like that to me.
This thread is not for discussion about the COVID situation or how to address it etc., but about more personal look at what is going on for us and how to stay calm, aware, responsive, and positive (if possible). Here are some possible prompts:
- What has been the most personally challenging? (not blame but emotions, frustration etc.)
- Who or what is helping you cope, if anything?
- What really matters to you (when push comes to shove)?
- How are you staying connected? Does it help your emotional state?
- What you are learning about yourself emotionally and relationally, both around your family and friends and society?
- What positives can come from this already?
- What positives would you like to come from this?
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