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How are you handling anxiety in this time of COVID-19?
Depression & Anxiety | Last Active: May 26, 2020 | Replies (190)Comment receiving replies
@ellen307 Do you find that making the masks calm you, at all? At times you may think "hey, I can sew for a cause", then think about the cause and feel sad. That is what I found with me. As for TV, try looking for comedies or documentaries that interest you, or put on music to accompany your sewing. We're all here for each other.
Ginger
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@gingerw I just spent the morning on my patio with 3 friends in "mask production" again - we are well past 100 total masks in 2 weeks, should surpass 150 today. We are able to set up 5 workstations with proper distancing, stay safe and busy and feel like we are doing what we can to - all of us are usually active volunteers and/or retired from service professions, so the need to help is deeply ingrained.
This latest batch are being shared with our families at home and the rest dedicated to staff at a childcare facility where the kids of first responders are being cared for - in spite of what anyone hears in the media, most of the country has NO PPE for people outside of hospitals and little for those working there.
My husband, brother and I are all carefully conserving our few N95 masks in case anyone near us shows signs of illness - we are all high risk.
Now if we can just all survive the premature (in my opinion) easing of restrictions...
Sue