A Therapist’s Guide to Staying Sane During a Pandemic

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Tips on how to 'not' let anxiety consume you. The more we worry the more we try to control our worry with something tangible, such as information. But clinging to our screens for the latest update has the opposite...

Tips on how to 'not' let anxiety consume you. The more we worry the more we try to control our worry with something tangible, such as information. But clinging to our screens for the latest update has the opposite effect because it serves as fodder for more catastrophizing. A daily update makes sense. But bingeing on news bloats our minds with unhealthy food that can make us feel sick. 
Article by: Lori Gottlieb, a contributing writer at The Atlantic, a psychotherapist based in Los Angeles and author of 'Maybe You Should Talk to Someone.'


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