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HOW TO DEAL WITH ANXIETY
DURING THIS PANDEMIC?
By Ayushi Gupta
and concern about the health and
With the outbreak of COVID-19, safety of family; the outbreak of
the spread of the deadly novel virus coronavirus has taken a big toll on
has now forced large parts of the the mental health of the people and
world and many countries to go isn‟t helping with anxiety. Some
under lockdown as a preventive people might be faced with practical
measure. The pandemic is affecting concerns like the threat of job loss,
our everyday lives in multiple ways lack of social contact, financial
and things are changing at such a quandary, or availability of supplies
rapid pace that it is impossible to and medicines. Others might be
know what to expect next. worried about balancing working
from home or the possibility of
With this uneasy state of lockdown, contagion. For all, being alone with
a lot of future-oriented uncertainty,
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