My anxiety and emotional reactivity have gone into overdrive with the whole coronavirus thing and I don’t know how to deal with it. Partly I’m concerned about getting it and having to be quarantined because that sounds awful, but it’s actually more the panic-stricken headlines and other people’s reactions that are freaking me out. People in the UK have started bulk-buying hand sanitiser and toilet roll to the point that when I went to our local massive Tesco yesterday there were whole sections of shelves completely empty. 

I’ve been trying to stay rational and not scare myself about it (I have a tendency to freak out over potential pandemics and imagine the worst case scenario) but it’s really hard to ignore and avoid other people’s Doomsday-prepper levels of panic. I’m also on weekly prescriptions due to overdose risk and I’m scared that if things get worse here I won’t be able to get my medication. 

I’m really struggling and wondered if anyone else is having the same issue or can help reassure me.