Coping with anxiety about lockdown lifting and restrictions easing
ABCFor some people, the tunnel that is the New South Wales lockdown has at times been dark, but feels less ominous the closer we walk towards our version of 'freedom day'. Reasons why people might feel anxious as restrictions ease: Socialising again Living and working circumstances Losing government support payments Catching COVID-19 Having unvaccinated children or loved ones Being immunocompromised or having a disability or illness An overwhelmed public health system The prospect of returning to lockdown Heather Irvine-Rundle, a clinical psychologist on the Central Coast, says clients are assessing the threat of "living with COVID-19". "There is definitely a group of people who are very anxious about starting to do those things that we have been told for a long time weren't safe," she says. "People will be a little bit surprised to hear about people being anxious about lockdowns ending because most people are looking forward to it enormously," Professor Bryant says. "We've done surveys in adults and young people … and that consistently shows that people in lockdown feel more stressed, more depressed and more anxious than they do outside of lockdown," she says.
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