Has lockdown easing made you worse?

Yes, I feel this. I was just about to start a post about but was sure someone else would have brought it up by now.

I'm trying to figure a way back to doing what I used to do. I'm lucky in a way that my current work won't be fully returning to in-person probably until 2022. Yet this also makes me anxious about going all that time without motivators to get out and about. I'm going to need to watch this and try to keep a habit of going to shops, not letting myself ask my spouse to go more and more (without me). I notice that the less I go out, the less I go out.

Just went to a garden centre. I used to find them relatively relaxing and this one is small, wasn't too busy. But on a sensory level I froze and became overwhelmed multiple times. I think all the social distancing, the signs on the floor, taking care to wear a mask, people shouting because masks muffle their voices, etc. is so much extra to think about... then there's being in a situation that hasn't been common for over a year. I am probably linking all this to wondering if I 'should' be out, checking if I'm following rules, etc... it's a lot.

Lockdown easing feels to me like unpredictable social interaction, with unpredictable outcomes (virus transmission), plus I'm out of the habit of it, there are brand new social rules (distancing, sanitising, etc.). So "easing" is not how it feels! Not yet, anyway. I DO have hope, though!

Yes, I feel this. I was just about to start a post about but was sure someone else would have brought it up by now.

I'm trying to figure a way back to doing what I used to do. I'm lucky in a way that my current work won't be fully returning to in-person probably until 2022. Yet this also makes me anxious about going all that time without motivators to get out and about. I'm going to need to watch this and try to keep a habit of going to shops, not letting myself ask my spouse to go more and more (without me). I notice that the less I go out, the less I go out.

Just went to a garden centre. I used to find them relatively relaxing and this one is small, wasn't too busy. But on a sensory level I froze and became overwhelmed multiple times. I think all the social distancing, the signs on the floor, taking care to wear a mask, people shouting because masks muffle their voices, etc. is so much extra to think about... then there's being in a situation that hasn't been common for over a year. I am probably linking all this to wondering if I 'should' be out, checking if I'm following rules, etc... it's a lot.

Lockdown easing feels to me like unpredictable social interaction, with unpredictable outcomes (virus transmission), plus I'm out of the habit of it, there are brand new social rules (distancing, sanitising, etc.). So "easing" is not how it feels! Not yet, anyway. I DO have hope, though!