How do you deal with periods of your anxiety flaring up? 

I’ve had anxiety for most of my life and have been on SSRIs for years. Since I got medicated, my anxiety has been pretty manageable and I’ve been able to live normally. But sometimes I get flare ups and the one I’m having right now is particularly bad. It’s been going on for almost 2 months now and it’s connected to my emetophobia. I thought that it would calm down after I submit my thesis because it was making me stressed in general so my anxiety got worse too. But then I got covid and even though I returned back to my normal life this week, I keep monitoring my body for any signs of symptoms of long covid, which then triggers my anxiety, which triggers my nausea, which makes my anxiety even worse. I don’t know what to do anymore, it’s making me spend less time with friends and on one particular evening, it was so bad that I was at a restaurant but couldn’t eat. I felt bad for my friend because we went there to catch up and spend time together and all I did was panic. I came home sad and exhausted.

I would appreciate any tips on how to get through this. Anytime I’ve had a flare up before, it eventually went away but I’m scared it will only keep getting worse this time and idk how to make it better…