THINGS
THE WORLD NEEDS TO KNOW
THE CURRENT COVID-19 PANDEMIC IS IMPACTING EVERYONE IN GERMANY – AND AROUND THE WORLD. IT FEELS OMNIPRESENT WITH AROUND-THE-CLOCK NEWS COVERAGE, WORK AND SCHOOL CLOSURES AND MAJOR DISRUPTIONS TO OUR WAY OF LIFE. FOR EXPATS, THESE TIMES CAN BE PARTICULARLY TOUGH. THIS IS DUE TO ISOLATION FROM FRIENDS AND FAMILY, LANGUAGE BARRIERS THAT MAKE CONNECTING WITH LOCALS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS DIFFICULT, AND INCREASED STRESS ABOUT EMPLOYMENT AND JOB UNCERTAINTY. READ ALSO: YOU ARE NOT ALONE – LIVING ABROAD IN THE TIME OF CORONA FOR EXPATS LIVING IN GERMANY, IT WILL NOT BE UNCOMMON TO EXPERIENCE THE FOLLOWING: FEELINGS OF ISOLATION AND BEING DISCONNECTED, ANXIETY, STRESS, WORRY AND FEAR, SIGNIFICANT MOOD SWINGS AS NEWS CHANGES DAILY, A DESIRE TO CONTINUE TO WATCH THE NEWS OR BE AFFIXED TO BAD NEWS STORIES, A SENSE OF FRUSTRATION F EVENTS BEING OUT OF CONTROL, FEELINGS OF ANGER THAT PLANNED EVENTS HAVE BEEN CANCELLED AN INABILITY TO SLEEP AS THE MIND DWELLS ON PROBLEMS THOUGHTS OF WANTING TO ISOLATE FROM OTHERS FEELINGS OF HOPELESSNESS, IRRITABILITY AND HELPLESSNESS. ANXIETY DISORDERS ARE THE MOST COMMON MENTAL ILLNESS IN OUR WORLD, AFFECTING ADULTS AGE 18 AND OLDER, OR 18.1% OF THE POPULATION EVERY YEAR. ANXIETY DISORDERS ARE NOT JUST MEDICAL PROBLEMS. THEY ARE INHERENTLY SOCIAL ILLNESSES, ONES THAT ARE BECOMING MORE OF AN ISSUE AS ECONOMIC INSECURITY INCREASES AND SOCIAL CONNECTIONS ARE DESTROYED. WHOEVER FOUND THEIR WAY HERE. YOU ARE NOT ALONE.
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