Feelings/Emotions About Life after Covid 19

Having done an online sound bath meditation session last weekend, the subject for life post COVID was brought up at the beginning which I wanted to talk about.

Following the governments announcement showing a roadmap leading to all Covid restrictions being lifted mid June, a lot of people are made up that restrictions will be lifted and they can do the things they've missed doing and enjoying.

There are people however who will be feeling overwhelmed about coming out of lockdown completely. You see, while I know lockdown isn’t a good thing – especially in terms of the impact its had on many peoples mental health – the idea of straying from the weird ‘new normal’ I’ve created over the last 12 months also seems incredibly overwhelming.

The pandemic life has been vastly different from the bustling life we used to live in ‘the time before’. It's because of this pandemic I have been able to venture out in terms of trying out different meditation sessions and finding ones that have finally worked for me (something that's taken a few years to finally crack) but as someone who has difficulties with anxiety, I guess it’s hardly surprising after so long spent living under restrictions. In a weird way, lockdown has become a kind of comfort zone – at a time when so much has been going on, it’s been almost comforting, if not less emotionally taxing, to relinquish some control over parts of our lives.

Everyone's mental health has been on a rollercoaster of ups and downs this past year, but at the very least lockdown has become familiar. And right now, the prospect of breaking away from that familiarity and confronting the mental challenges that will eventually come with getting back to ‘normal’ can feel scary.

Although I was afraid to place a downer on the good news of restrictions lifting, I’m relieved when hearing during the session to know I was not the only one who is scared of the challenges that might come with getting back to ‘normal’ life.

We really do have to remember that this is an experience that we have ever faced before – and talking about how we’re feeling is a great way to remind each other that we’re all in this together, no matter how isolated our emotions might make us feel.