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How to Deal With the Anxiety of Uncertainty – WIRED
Our brains weren’t wired to deal with the “psychological pandemic” of not knowing what the future holds. Here’s how to cope with living in limbo.
If theres one defining feature of the coronavirus pandemic, its uncertainty. Will there be a vaccine? When can schools safely reopen? Will I still have a job next week? Should I book a spring vacation abroad? A crisis that wed all hoped would be short-lived is dragging on indefinitely, and the list of unanswered questions keeps growing.
Ive started thinking about our current situation as being marked by two pandemics, Kate Sweeny says. The viral one, of course, but also a psychological pandemic…
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