Constant worry about the virus has become an uninvited guest into our quarantine—and it’s really only being amplified by the fact that we can’t connect with others outside of video chat, we’re grappling with the fear being laid off or making ends meet after being laid off, and our routines at large have been upended.
Anxiety takes a lot of mental juice, and in the time of COVID-19, our brains are running on fumes. Research from 2018 found a direct link between anxiety and fatigue, while older research from 2011 found a lack of focus in “high-anxiety individuals“—and this research happened during time periods when the collective wasn’t facing a pandemic.
“When people are at home and they feel restricted, that can make someone low-energy and even depressed. That’s what we’ve been seeing in some of our patients—especially people with a history of depression or anxiety.”
“When people are at home and they feel restricted, that can make someone low-energy and even depressed. That’s what we’ve been seeing in some of our patients—especially people with a history of depression or anxiety.”
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