For many of us, COVID-induced stress is lingering like a bad smell. A psychologist explains why.
Back in March, when lockdown measures first came into place ? that?s approximately three lifetimes ago in Corona-years ? a friend of mine mentioned that her employer was preparing for the entire workforce to work from home until June. At the time, the idea of doing Zoom meetings in winter sounded far fetched. And a little? dramatic" 
Ha ha ha. Oh, how wrong I was. 
Here we are in August. In some areas, COVID-19 has been two steps forward, three steps back. While we enjoyed a glimpse of freedom in June/July, as of this week, Melbourne is now in stage four lockdown with a nightly curfew from 8pm – 5am, Sydney is teetering on the edge and many states have shut their borders.  Lockdown is no longer a novelty. We?ve baked all of the banana bread. We?re no longer tickled by the idea of a wine over Zoom. While necessary to protect the most vulnerable members of our society, the now long term nature of Coronavirus is bringing up a lot of feelings: stress, anxiety, boredom, restlessness and loneliness, to name a few. 
If you?re feeling out of sorts, you?re not alone. Lysn psychologist Noosha Anzab explains what?s going on and what you can do to cope.

Coronavirus = a stressful time. But what is stress, anyway" ?Stress is a term that we use to reflect on feeling overwhelmed, overloaded, worried and tense. Stress occurs when we face a situation that we feel we cannot co...