Feeling More and More Worried About COVID-19? Experts Explain How to Manage Those Fears
Feeling More and More Worried About COVID-19? Experts Explain How to Manage Those Fears
by Dominique Michelle Astorino | April 20, 2020
Psychotherapist Dana Dorfman, PhD, explained that it’s essential to fight against a pandemic of fear at the same time that we’re working to contain the spread of the disease. “Anxiety and panic may be more contagious than the virus itself,” Dr. Dorfman told POPSUGAR. “As emotional, empathic, and highly social creatures, humans are greatly influenced by others.” In other words, it’s essential to distinguish between the very real threat of the virus and the fear you may feel in response to everything else that’s going on around you.
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