Post Pandemic STRESS & Comfort Eating

How the pandemic may have affected your nervous system, and vicarious trauma. These experiences may lead to comfort eating, or using substances to regulate how you feel. 

As we find ourselves recovering from COVID-19, we may still be coming to terms with the impact the virus has had on both our bodies and minds. None of us has escaped its effects. When we first went into lockdown, many of us were anxious and felt lonely. Those first few weeks were all about calming our nervous systems down from fight or flight. We responded to a very real threat by going into survival mode. But where are we now?

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Citations
This week, my citations are from my own media mentions. Here are some Covid-19 related published articles, where I have been asked to contribute:

• Why A September Reset Might Be Just What You Need
• The ‘Will We, Won’t We?’ Narrative Of June 21 Is Exhausting
• 9 Therapist-Approved Tips To Tackle Nighttime Anxiety
• Do you have a FODO?
• How to deal with the 'deer in the headlights' feeling of overwhelm
• Why more empathy among employers is key for post-pandemic recovery
• Post Covid-19 stress: How to recover
• The effect of your upbringing on your comfort eating - How to heal