Non-clinical therapists are not obliged to use the term patient. I hope these tips are helpful to you, they are things that have helped me a lot.The term ‘patient’ is now viewed sceptically by some in the management hierarchy as depicting an individual dependent on the nurse or doctor, rather than a token of respect for that person’s privacy and dignity. I feel like I should be extra careful now with staying clean, but I was already obsessively careful before this outbreak. I am hyper aware of ‘is this clean enough’ ‘are my hands clean’ and it is so conflicting everyone around me talking about the importance of having clean hands, which for me means washing them up to 100 times every day. I have contamination OCD and so things are really not easy at the moment. Despite the lack of control I feel about the whole situation, it helps me to remember that I am still in control of my own actions, my own thoughts, my own emotions. It’s important to take care of yourself and prioritise your mental health during this time. I know lots of people are feeling the same and so I just want to let you know you are not alone💞 The media has been terrifying people and there is so much misinformation and so many unreliable sources out there that it become incredibly confusing and overwhelming.
All of these things are no longer within reach.Īs someone who suffers from health anxiety, listening to the news and hearing about everything going on at the moment is very scary. I had plans to further my career with new opportunities like public speaking and attending conferences. I had plans to expand my business to incorporate events. Like many others, I had plans to travel abroad this year to reconnect with family and friends who live in faraway countries. While I have fortunately been able to retain my job and other privileges throughout this pandemic, there are certain plans and goals I won’t be able to fulfil anytime soon. “I feel like I’m living in limbo,” she said to me, and I haven’t stopped thinking about how much I’ve felt the same way. These are questions for a huge life decision she doesn’t currently have answers for, so instead finds herself somewhere in between. She asks if that is too long to wait, along with the pressure of declining fertility, but she also hadn’t contemplated starting a family earlier. With international travel potentially off the cards until 2023, delaying starting a family until after the travelling is done could blow out to almost five years from now. She is determined to eventually get back to her original plans, but for now finds herself playing the waiting game.Īnother friend, who is newly married and had plans to do a substantial amount of travel abroad with her husband over the next year before they start a family, now finds herself in a state of suspension. Instead, she has put the business on hold and returned to her former profession. Just before the pandemic hit, one of my friends launched a travel business that would’ve seen her leading study tours in Europe right now. Many young people haven’t had the chance to mark a rite-of-passage like finishing their school year, attending a graduation ceremony, hosting an 18th birthday party, or embarking on a gap year before making big decisions about their future. And this has been the reality for many of us this year, whether we have intended it or not.
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