Hello! I would like to say a small word to people who are nervous about returning to activities post-vax. This is coming from somebody with chronic illnesses and high anxiety, so I want to prep you for some asshole behavior you may be about to encounter.
People with chronic illnesses know one thing very well: our sickness and caution around it makes a lot of people very uncomfortable! It makes people say things like “that seems paranoid!” Or “you worry too much!” Or “but that’s not a real thing!”
Here is the truth, they are not living in your body, and chances are, they do not know if the thing you are concerned about it is real, *they just do not like thinking it might be!*
We have all been through health and social trauma this year, and people react differently. Some become more cautious. Some want the situation to go away as fast as possible, so they don’t have to think about it anymore. The second kind can react very rudely to the first!
So if you are feeling afraid and want to be cautious with resuming activity, that is very fine. When people react to your cautiousness aggressively, try to remember you are not in the wrong, and that’s just part of *their* trauma (not that they should be taking it out on you.)
If your cautiousness goes on for a really long time and doesn’t ever seem to get easier, maybe see a therapist to talk through it. But I’m already seeing yelling by the GET OVER IT crowd, and I promise you, you do not need to be anywhere over it yet.

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