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(Re)Learning to Cope: 5 Simple Life Lessons the Coronavirus Epidemic Reminded Me About

Photo by Pixabay from Pexels   If you’re reading this, I’m assuming you once weren’t coping well with the coronavirus epidemic.   I get that.   When COVID first started, I didn’t take it seriously. I was part of the problem. I thought because I was young and lived in an area not highly affected by the disease, that I could live normally.   I went out with coworkers. I sat close to my friends. I ate out. I went shopping without a mask.   Once I learned how I could contaminate someone high risk, that asthma made me high risk, that I knew people who had the disease or lost someone to it, and that pets could get it, I took COVID-19 seriously.   Too seriously.   With borderline personality disorder (BPD), I go from extremes to extremes. Think pendulum style mood swings. I was scared to leave my room without a mask. I didn’t want anyone to breathe by my dog. I worked from home and went a month at a time without leaving. I even kept dishes in my room that o...