FEAR: How to Protect Your Mental Health From the Infection Far Worse Than COVID-19

Listen, I’m just as guilty as everyone else. I’ve spent hours during this crisis absolutely frozen, blindly staring at my phone mindlessly scrolling through Twitter, Facebook, and various news sites with my jaw dropped whispering, “What in the holy f*ck is going on right now?”

I’ve seen the pictures of the barren streets in Italy, the empty shelves with no hand soap, paper towels, or dry & canned goods, and the endless charts & statistics about the possible spread of the virus, the predicted infection rates, potential deaths, etc etc etc.

But I’ve also looked out the window to see my neighbors walking their dogs.

I’ve been to the grocery store to see there’s still plenty of food for everyone (even if it means impatiently waiting in lines wrapped around multiple aisles).

I’ve been to the ATM and easily been able to withdraw the maximum daily amount without getting alert messages that all the money in the world is gone.

For the vast majority of us in the 1st world, we still have water to drink, electricity to power our lights and devices, gas to heat our homes and cook our meals, food to eat, and air to breath.

If you have access to the internet and you can read this article right now (and still receive Amazon Prime deliveries), things could be a lot worse.

If you find yourself losing control and getting sucked into the black hole of anxiety and paranoia, this episode provides five simple suggestions (and a bonus) to weather this storm and begin taking back control of your mental health during this unprecedented global crisis.