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this pandemic has really added another

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layer of anxiety for everyone and

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especially for folks like myself who

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have compromised mobility and

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respiratory muscles so yes it is a bit

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terrifying and I've been in the house

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for about two months which is not really

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that atypical since in the window the

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winter months

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I generally wait it out because of the

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thick old weather and climate especially

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living here in the Northeast where one

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day it'd be slick and rainy I see and

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another day it's dry as a bone and sunny

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so I'm used to waiting it out this layer

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and level of heightened anxiety and

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definitely it's a game changer as it is

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for everyone but with the civility inter

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sighs another layer and level of

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dimension that we have to fold into our

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our new normal because this is changing

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things drastically

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how it's impacting me on a daily basis

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is things like delayed grocery delivery

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and PCA services because it's also

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affected my personal care attendant who

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has become sick and has not been able to

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hang out with me and help me out for

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close to a month now so just ways like

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that really put a damper on things and

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delays things in in in you know

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different ways for people with

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disabilities

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what I like people who are non-disabled

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to know is just to try to think beyond

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the box of self and the single lens this

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is the collective lens and a lot of

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people who live with marginalized

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identities and have high risk factors

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just be mindful of that that you are

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asymptomatic and you're going around and

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about your day but you could in fact be

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a carrier and in fact someone who

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doesn't have that choice so be mindful

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of that and consider it and adhere to

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all the CDC guidelines that would be

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very helpful and stay home when you know

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you know you're otherwise supposed to

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and go out only when necessary so that

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would be very helpful some of the ways

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that I have been coping with staying

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indoors even more is that sticking to a

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routine getting up in the morning you

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know completing my bathrobe business and

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then making my bed and then I go over to

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the window slide it open take a big gulp

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of crisp fresh air and I find that that

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helps my mood and my mental health and I

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said it sets the tone for the day I also

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work in a little gratitude prayer

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because I feel like that's important and

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what I'm really getting kind of you know

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overly anxious or too nervous about

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what's going on today I lean on to the

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sage advice my dad always gave me don't

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worry about things that you cannot

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control and I find that that's very

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helpful because it is out of our hands

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and the things that we can control then

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do that washing your hands making sure

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that you're mindful of Cole's coming in

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and out or limiting visitations and

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things like that I am grateful that I do

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have helping you by my my my mom and my

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sister live nearby my daughter is not

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that far away from me and also even in

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my own household it's just me and my

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partner so whenever they are you

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come home from work or whatever and I

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need something done you know that gets

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taken care of so those are things and

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considerations that keep me at an even

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keel and you know my anxiety at bay

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that's important

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I'll just take a day by day because we

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can get through this we can get through

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this together

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I can make it through it you can make it

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through we can do it together and we

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just have to think about that