Is anyone afraid this isolation will hurt or help your social anxiety?
Some of us are home. Some are still working. We're being asked to social distance.
Do you think having stay away from others will help or hurt your social anxiety?
In a way, I'm ready for interaction. I'm also getting used to be alone.
I'm more than worried because I can actualy see the affects that quarantine is having on my mental health. I hate every second of this because I can feel my mental health declining. I've forgotten how to speak to people- I went into a place to apply there and I couldn't speak at all, I feel like I'm regressing and I hate hate hate every moment of it.
Every moment I stay inside I'm reminded of back when all of this started rising up to the surface and developing. It... sucks. A lot. I just want to go to a park, watch kids play on the equipment... anything other than sitting here and feeling my anxiety take hold of me again. I was doing fine, I was getting better... and now I feel like that moment when you realize in a video game you didn't quite have the momentum you thought you did you drive up the hill.
@DalliFlower are you not allowed to leave your house for a small walk? We are allowed in my country.
I can- but recently one of my neighborhoods has been on the news for... incidents... and I haven't lived long enough in the other one for my anxiety to be okay with leaving the house. (Child of a divorced couple in case you were curious why I have two homes lol.)
I feel like this time really helped me cope with my social anxiety. I feel really good about online communication and online school. However, I'm slightly afraid of how my anxiety will be after quarentine is over. I literally haven't got out of my home for a month not even to go buy essencial items and the only people I talk to in real life are my parents and I don't know if it'll be better for good or it'll get worser that it was before.
@sewest82 it has made me feel as if I'm losing my social skills... I feel like I have nothing to talk about with anyone anymore. Its making me nervous I'm going to lose the skills I developed, especially being in a new relationship and not being able to be around my partner.