Not even a joke, I miss the time when a virus was our biggest concern. That may be insensitive to people who had friends or family die because of it or who live in a country with shitty access to vaccines or health care in general though.

[–] Stamets@startrek.website 26 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's awful but I get it...

I've got CPTSD so I'm always stressed and sort of over-preparing for things to go very very wrong. When the pandemic hit, all of those preparations came true. I was expecting the worse and here it was.

Was the only time in my life, at least in the past 15+ years, that I actually felt somewhat relaxed. Then the prices of everything went up and I got stressed for way different reasons.

[–] Gestrid@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

I watch someone on YouTube who deals with stress. They said they were... I think relieved (can't recall exactly what word they used) because, for once, their stress and the actions resulting from it were now normal.

[–] Krauerking@lemy.lol 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Oh cool you too?

I mean COVID still hit me harder than I was prepared for and kinda crushed me a little but I picked back up pretty ok but since then been sorta on the back foot and losing steam