A small percentage of people with obsessive compulsive disorder may actually experience improvement in symptoms during the pandemic due to widespread increases in hygiene, more time spent alone and more time to reflect, a small new study out of Belgium finds.
Parenting With Agoraphobia Is Hard. Itâs Harder in a Pandemic.
When the virus spread, my family went into lockdown, and the rhythms and routines that helped me cope went out the door.
Brianna Bell often feels anxious in public settings, a problem that didnât go away during quarantine.Credit.Ian Willms for The New York Times
By Brianna Bell
Dec. 15, 2020
âAll you do is sit inside!â My 6-year-old roared, running to her room to slam the door in my face.
It was an unseasonably warm fall day in Guelph, Ontario, and Iâd just returned from walking my 6- and 8-year-old daughters home from school. A neighbor friend knocked on our door just as we were pulling off our shoes, âCan Penny and Georgia play outside?â I declined the invitation. I knew that my daughterâs disappointment was what ultimately led to her outburst, but I also felt the sting of her words, and the truth behind them.