Does anyone else get post pandemic “get back to normal” anxiety?? I want everyone to be healthy and happy and the suffering over Covid to end. But I can’t go back to “normal” life. I can’t go back to the life of an overflowing calendar being glorified. I feel like I’m sinking deep into an introvert lifestyle, which is not the bubbly, busy, and extroverted person people know me to be. But I’m scared of what the post pandemic social expectations will be and not being able to keep up.

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Right there with you. I’m especially worried about work. I have really gone introvert at work. I enjoy doing my own thing, not dealing with managers, and if necessary muting myself to get a cry in.

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I am in the same boat. On the one hand, I really want everyone - including me - to be vaccinated and healthy. On the other, I really don’t want things to return to normal because I have anxiety about being around people again. I have nightmares about going to the office. Literal nightmares about being around people without masks. I am terrified of being near people and in public spaces. I know this isn’t healthy but so long as the pandemic continues I don’t have to deal with it. Once we have to return to work, I am not sure what I am going to do about having to re-integrate into society.

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Yeah I'm not looking forward to going back to the office either. From being depressed the first couple of months coz I hardly ever worked from home to absolutely loving not dealing with ppl face-to-face, it's been an interesting 12 months so far. Definitely feel like I'll have to re-learn social skills and pretending to not being as introverted as I am. Let's hope there's more remote working in a "normal" future world.

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Absolutely! I felt relieved to see your post because this has been on my mind a lot. I dread going back to the office so much.

My therapist said A LOT of people are feeling this way too.

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