'This fear everyone's feeling is our everyday life': Living with OCD amid coronavirus

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Coronavirus is a “personal nightmare” for people with OCD and anxiety disorders.

"This one is so broad, and you know everyone is being exposed to this particular fear — I think it's unraveling lots of folks," said Reid Wilson, director of the Anxiety Disorders Treatment Center of Durham and Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Maxwell said every patient she's seen in the past few weeks has had anxiety related to COVID-19. She's also received calls from people who have never struggled with anxiety before but are now having difficulty coping with work or school changes, loss of income or being in close proximity to an estranged spouse for a long period of time.

A 24-year-old transgender man with social anxiety and panic disorder living in Hollywood, Florida, who has spent the past couple weeks trying to replenish their hand sanitizer, had a similar sentiment.

 

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Gee- YA THINK? isn't that the whole reason WHY the legacy media is trying TERRORIZE us every second of every day now? IT'S WORKING!!! YAY FOR YOU!!

The MSM are fear mongering.

Posting this 'bulletin' repeatedly helps them how? Tell us.

Yes! It sure is.

You're not kidding!!!

Gee - I wonder why, with all the fear-mongering you guys have been doing the past several months....

Then they remember they didn't care when it came to seasonal flu or rta's so can now drop the attention seeking bullshit

No more shaking hands.. YAY.. but remember if you cough into your sleeve, please do not give your arm to an elderly person

God bless! Hope an early end to the epidemic, if has the need to large quantities of surgical masks, please contact me

when i park, i still check all my car door handles even though that's probably picking up germs lol

Thank you China for spreading the WuhanVirus & make ppl die/lost their jobs/family & dragging down the global economy.

Haven’t really haven’t had a decent night sleep in weeks

Take your meds. Call your doctor.

God is waiting for you all to make an important decision for him so do something today by accepting Jesus!!

It sure is making me nervous. It sure is making me nervous. It sure is making me nervous.

tylerkingkade I was first diagnosed with OCD about 23 years ago during my first year of college due to stress and anxiety brought on by feelings of loneliness and anxiety. Not much different from what many folks are going through now. I was a washer.

But, but, but, I thought Trump’s China Travel Ban was “racist”? NBC Fake News. Stoking fear and divisiveness since 1926.

Woke points ☝️

You forgot: People with sensitive skin and skin allergies. My hand washing routine got fubared because i had hives three days straight from a handwash i don't normally use. (I wash my hands yes, but not always with that specific product)

Coronavirus is liberating and validating for people with OCD. They weren't crazy after all.

Those people might come out of this cured 🤫

No, actually you’re confusing the coronavirus with the MSM 🤦🏼‍♀️ getitright

💯 real facts and with those that have disabilities and mental health

Yup

emtgirl09 word. 🤪

You don't say...we need an 'Ask Sheldon' SlackHQ bot that tells us if this right otherwise I just can't believe it...

Well, thank god the media is making it better.😏🙄

to say nothing of course for bad it is for the people with coronavirus

Oh really you dont say

😢

Really thinking .. Lawyers for a year from now.. Are you hurt by the new stations did they just make you mad and sad .Make your stomach hurt all over ? Call me (555) 999-6349

And Hollywood /political elites. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

If you didn't have it before you got it now watching the news they've done it to us all !. Why I have turned off all News ! They suck!

It’s funny to see how the internet has destroyed journalism. You are a great example.

Everything is the worst Nightmare foe people with a MentalHealthIssue

Introverts have been training for this, but we just didn't know it. Now when my doctor asks 'if I have a constant fear of impending doom,' I'll say 'don't you?'

Percentage of Chinese population infected with the virus. Hmmm..

The meek will inherit the Earth. Unfortunately, they'll have near-crippling mental conditions...

Just a taste of what it’s like to have an anxiety disorder, major depression and PTSD(non-military) for everyone else who doesn’t deal with those daily...

In other news, for people with no social life, Coronavirus is suddenly a validation of their lifestyle.

Hah! Yep. Had everything I needed already.

lol.. seriously?

Yup, just look at him:

Finally an article about the MSM!

morgfair Amen. Add claustrophobia, too. Fortunately, I can get out of here a couple of times a day and still keep my distance from people as I walk in the neighborhood.

I used to work w/a woman that would wash her hands 6 times in a row.Yeah, I thought it was a bit odd but she wasn't or hadn't appeared to harm anyone, so it was none of my business but it makes me wonder, if that level of hand washing was on a 'normal' day, what is she doing now?

Daily reminder that - While ResistAtAllCosts democrats pushed fakeimpeachment, on January 31, 2020 Trump began battle, Declared Coronavirus A Public Health Emergency And Restricted Travel From China

Yeah especially you resistatallcosts Democrats afflicted with TrumpDerangementSyndrome

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