Feeling so hot you’re sweating? Struggling to breathe? Got a mouth dryer than the Sahara? Don’t let your mind jump straight to ‘oh God, I have coronavirus’. You might be having a panic attack.
Feeling anxious amongst the covid19 pandemic is to be expected. We’re in scary times with misinformation flying about and a fear of what’s going on and what could happen next.
But while you can easily recognise when you’re having worried thoughts about coronavirus, you might not be able to identify the physical signs of struggling with anxiety – which, frustratingly, can be similar to the symptoms of the pandemic.
This can cause a dangerous cycle of panic. You worry about coronavirus, so your body creates what feels like symptoms of coronavirus, which you then take as evidence that you do actually have coronavirus… which leads to more anxiety and worsening symptoms.
Every day i wake up and am 80% sure I have covid but than i get over that feeling
— Zarrar Khuhro (@ZarrarKhuhro) March 30, 2020
I wake up aching and think 'okay this is it' and then I realise you're just getting old and unfit zarrar
— Zarrar Khuhro (@ZarrarKhuhro) March 30, 2020
Caught in the middle of their wild imagination and unfit quarantine lifestyle, people couldn’t help but agree with him!
A little cough or an itch in the throat and I say to myself "this is it"
— عنبر🌻 (@amberShasan) March 30, 2020
Some had self-quarantined as well:
https://twitter.com/blue_ninjaaa/status/1244656725124419591?s=19
Corona nahi, wehem maardega humain toh:
Howwww truee. I just wrote on my FB, "Allah dunya ko Covid-19 se nijaat dila aur mujhe weham se. Ameen" 😂
— Faizan Shahzad (@fshahzad99) March 30, 2020
Facts 😭
This is all of us everyday 😂 https://t.co/bz3MolBpLr
— Allergen (@WaterLileee) March 30, 2020
Some had suggestions:
You should stay in isolation until the thought get away.
— سدرہ : ( : (@iam_sidrah) March 30, 2020
Our friends feel the same!
Same is the case here and i talked with few of my friends and they also had same feelings, this COVID made us mentally sick 🙁
— Muhammad Adnan Burki (@Adnan_burki) March 30, 2020
Jo baat hai:
The weather's not helping.
— 🅴.🅹 Star Knight (@ejopinion) March 30, 2020
We do too!
Everyday i wake up and check my temperature.
— Hamza (@hamza_shn) March 30, 2020
Dil behlaanay ke liye khayal acha hai:
https://twitter.com/Ssupernovah/status/1244658182548529154?s=19
It’s just so confusing tbh:
A bit temperature+cough and was about to go to hospital for test and asking everyone to stay away#we are no more normal😑😑
— Rabia (@rbia_abdullah) March 30, 2020
Okay, now this is actually scary:
https://twitter.com/youjam88/status/1244723192058478593?s=19
I think it’s a national feeling at the moment:
This the feeling of most of the peoples in Pakistan
— Mushtaque Ali (@ali_bhellar) March 30, 2020
Some spill the beans already, asking for a friend…
https://twitter.com/DrFahdAli/status/1244656175259561985?s=19
Lmao, true that:
Kabhi kabhi lagta he apun hi corona he
— Mann (@Rabdaradio) March 30, 2020
Sisters always putting us back in our place 😭
I had this feeling a week ago. I was coughing and feeling was being echoed in brain as Convid and just two days ago my sister said to me , take antihistamine its allergy and Now I and my brain both are convoid negative 😂
— Satwat Bashir (@Satwat) March 30, 2020
Sub trigger kerke rakha hua hai corona ne:
https://twitter.com/BbrownWalker/status/1244658518399074307?s=19
Now that is some serious planning!
https://twitter.com/MeharInaam/status/1244658560094679041?s=19
How the tables have turned 😂
I am keeping a thermometer handy.
A sneeze used to hear Bless you
Now you sneeze " Oh shit"— Khalid S (@Khalid_Saghir) March 30, 2020
Must have been an awful scare:
My husband couldn't breathe the other day and we legit freaked out for a good 10 minutes. Turns out he is allergic to the mould buster spray, which I liberally sprayed across our home to clean it. #StayHome
— Annam Lodhi (@AnnamL0dhi) March 30, 2020
Wehem ka koi ilaaj nai hai, someone tell him:
https://twitter.com/omerabdulhye/status/1244713605158678529?s=19
Chalo bhaee:
https://twitter.com/murpheiy/status/1244696064831209473?s=19
Are you feeling the same? Let us know in the comments below!