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Over the past week, despite improving COVID statistics, I
have been hearing from patients that they are feeling more
anxious. For many, it isn't about a particular issue; mostly
it is just that "they don't feel quite right." Some say they
feel restless, fatigue, loss of appetite, sleeping too much,
unable to sleep, etc, etc. Many feel they can't focus. Many
are just worried.
"COVID anxiety," like any anxiety, starts focused and then
generalizes and grows, like a snowball picking up speed as
it rolls down a mountain. Our minds and bodies have been
literally assaulted with daily information that invokes
fear. And here we are today: we have flattened the curve,
most states have begun to open, NASCAR is back on the track,
there was a golf tournament this past weekend and MLB is
tooling up with new rules including no spitting, no chewing
of tobacco or sunflower seeds!
We are now making choices and taking a chance to change our
lives and move forward. If you are feeling anxious, you can
make a choice not to believe your worries and take the
chance to change your life for the better. The majority of
our worries never materialize but these negative scary
thoughts steal the present from us and have us dread the
future. The worries are just brain trash, so take
out the trash
Bottom line: most all of us feel it, so acknowledge it, stay
in the present, have a plan, and keep moving forward!
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The numbers:
Maryland: 41,546 cases -/- 1,963 deaths -/- 4.7% fatality
rate
Greater than 50% of the deaths in Maryland continue to be
nursing facility residents or staff.
The
Maryland Rt was
updated yesterday and is 0.95 (stable); the lower the
better.
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