Posted on 07/13/2021 4:54:19 PM PDT by CheshireTheCat
Summer may be here, but not everyone is apparently embracing a return to normalcy. Seven in 10 Americans are “anxious” over the thought of returning to their pre-pandemic lives.
That’s according to a new study of 2,000 U.S. residents, which examined what impact the COVID-19 pandemic might have on the long-term mental health of respondents. Large crowds (61%), maskless faces (46%), and people sneezing or coughing (43%) all rank high on the list of potential post-pandemic anxiety triggers.
Nearly two-thirds of respondents even say they’ll continue wearing masks after the pandemic due to anxiety about germs.
Conducted by OnePoll on behalf of Hims & Hers, the study revealed that more than half of respondents (54%) would like to speak to a mental health professional before returning to their pre-pandemic life.
More than three-quarters haven’t wanted to be forthcoming with loved ones because they don’t want to be an “emotional burden,” as many are suffering this year. As a result, people have adjusted their language to lighten how they’re really feeling, using phrases like “I’m fine” (53%) and “hanging in there” (36%).
Meanwhile, 74 percent of people appreciate that others confide in them, but add it’s a lot to handle emotionally during this uniquely stressful time. Half of the respondents are considering therapy for the first time in their life due to the pandemic....
(Excerpt) Read more at studyfinds.org ...
That’s one way. Target practice is another. Both can be stress relieving.
50% of the country is insane…obviously they are the xiden and fake xiden voters…
I'm not. I'm already doing it mostly.
Coronavirus PING!
How cra-cra can you get?
*** Where did people learn this kind of fear?***
From the TV.
They ain’t returning to anything similar to “prepandemic”.
Man in the high castle, I thought sucked. Just my opinion.
Polls?
These days the normal non delusional people just hang up on pollsters.
Most therapists are deranged fools. That’s the more ethical ones.
That high castle show was terrible. PC crap disguised as a WW2 offspring.
All of the Democrats.
More than likely true.
Well they’ve done their propaganda job very well.
Cannot discount the censorship on social media from this equation. Not letting calmer heads prevail or opposing realistic viewpoints be heard.
I just cannot find ANY humor in this at all. I only find sadness.
They only wear the mask as a virtue signal. Our Contact Tracing pointed out they everyone wore a mask to the grocery store or restaurant but not to the social gatherings where they got Covid. Students wore them on hikes around campus but not to parties.
This is great! Thank you.
I am going to use it as my new technique with people.
Do you want to be part of a society that has no conviction? Where men doubt what they are? Where no one stands up for the weak. A nation of psychotics.
A nation of the can’t be bothered.
Just recline in your easychair until they come for you. They are coming.
ROFLOL!!!
If either my BFF or I get all whiny about some ‘imagined’ slight or problem, the FIRST thing out of our mouth to the other is: ‘STOP IT OR I’LL BURY YOU ALIVE IN A BOX!’ :)
Said with LOVE, of course. *SMIRK*
“Seven in 10 Americans are ‘anxious’ over the thought of returning to their pre-pandemic lives.”
I don’t believe that for a minute. They’re just trying to control the narrative, as most polls do. I’m going with about 4 in 10. About the same percentage of Biden voters to Trump voters.
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