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Dealing With Worry, Stress, and Anxiety in the Time of COVID-19: Special Winter Edition
Understand your feelings and discover ways to cope with coronavirus anxiety this winter.
Anxiety may be a long-term acquaintance of yours, as is my case. Or maybe you have only recently bumped into it, in the context of the pandemic. Either way, know that we are all in the same boat now. That makes help much easier to get, and this is one of the materials that could make a difference for you.
The downside is that… Winter is coming! In the anxiety universe, this translates to Seasonal affective disorder (SAD), which is a notch above what we used to call winter blues. But I’ve got that covered as well. So, let’s get better together!
Anxiety = Worry + Stress
Often thought to be interchangeable, worry and stress are, in fact, the two components of anxiety. Worry is the cognitive component, taking the form of obsessive thoughts. Stress is what happens to our bodies when we perceive an external event as a threat. Combined, they give us the crippling feeling that we know as anxiety.
Worry will never solve tomorrow’s problems. It will only take energy away from today.
