Heart pebbles left in and around my village. This morning I got an email that sent me into a spiral of anxiety. It was an email that, amongst others things, inadvertently acknowledged that lockdown would eventually end. And that's the part that specifically induced the spike of unwanted adrenaline. I'm aware that to many people, the promise that lockdown isn't forever is the only thing getting them through. Most people are probably jumping up and down at the idea of finally being able to leave the confines of their own homes and go out into the world again. In many ways I too want everything to return to some form of normality - it would be great to have somewhere to go that isn't a purveyor of groceries, or a rural river path - in truth however, I'm actually rather anxious about what's to come. But while I've seen lots of talk about looking after your mental health during lockdown, I've not seen much at all about how life after lockdown (or ev...
When Anxiety Strikes
Mental Health Musings.