Covid: How to deal with lockdown social anxiety

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Lockdown easing has lead to excitement, but anxiety for some about how to deal with normal life.

roadmap for lifting lockdown restrictionsEven 21 June, the day when nightclubs could be allowed to open again in England, started trending on Twitter and memes popped up everywhere.

"I'm always busy working so I haven't had time to text and I'm not someone who will break the rules to go to people's houses because of my work, so I've been extremely socially absent for the past two lockdowns."As someone with social anxiety, she says before the pandemic she was generally anxious and found group settings difficult.

Oli thinks that coming out of lockdown will be hard for people with social anxiety as they've got used to their life being a certain way."I've become so accustomed to being in my comfort zone and being more alone and independent, which means my anxiety has remained unchallenged most of the time."Oli is worried about going back to busy social spaces like nightclubs

"It brings up issues of 'do I look good enough?' or 'will my friends want to see me?' and whether I've achieved enough during lockdown."Charley Gavigan is a psychotherapist who specialises in anxiety disorders and says a lot of people have been coming to her for advice on how to cope with lockdown easing.

 

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