I don't get depressed but I've had a constant mild level of anxiety for the past three weeks that's been fucking with my sleep and making me paranoid.
Thanks for making this guys. Really really sweet of the top brass.Staff put together some mental health resources that I hope might be useful.
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Like many of you, I've been feeling anxious, stressed, and generally drained through all of this. And I count myself lucky. I only really have school as a responsibility, but it's been hard. My internship for the summer was cancelled and there aren't many options for finding a new one. I was really banking on using that to live on for the next semester as my savings are running out... Just a lot of plans thrown out of whack. And that's without worrying about the health of my loved ones.
For me, the depression is hitting hard and it honestly for all of the wrong reasons and the excuses are pretty lame in my own head. I am an introvert, I love being inside minding my own unless I can be out with my coworkers or friends on the rare occasion, but being in this much has driven me crazy. Before all of this started, I had dated someone who manipulated me, controlled me and broken me down to my very core. I would explain it all, but its not worth it. I started to get life back on the right track, rekindled an friendship with an old coworker who I had a crush on for the entire time she worked there. We started talking, agreed to go out and had a marvelous time and planned to go out again, only for a week and a half later, our works making us work from home.
She of course doesn't want to run the risk of getting sick so she does not wish to hang out, which I agree with, but with how well we get along, how well the date went and my desire to see her again, its been soul crushing even though it was just one date. Best date I've been on and best connection I had with someone in a long time makes me want to hold onto it, but not being able to go out and see her is rough. My worry is of course that during the time in which we will be shut down, all of her interests will be gone, as she isn't the type to want to talk every day. It's all stupid but I've just held relationships big or small in a special place in my life so not being able to continue it for the time being is a struggle.