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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.
I got this plant (his name is Arnold) last year. I repotted him in the beginning of the summer, but it's time for him to be repotted again now, because he's had some babies and they've gotten big. Taking care of my plants has been really calming throughout all of this. Watering them has become a ritual and now that I've been home almost constantly, I can see how big they've all gotten. Repotting them before the fall and winter will give them more room to spread their roots and then grow next year. Even if I'm not able to take care of myself as well as I should be (hence why I put up a printout of a CBT triangle my therapist gave me years ago), I can still take care of them. (The diplodocus' name is Kenny, a camper gave him to me almost 5 years ago. He loves the plants too).
March 9, 2021
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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.
A week ago I tested positive for COVID, despite taking any and all precautions and no one around me having symptoms. I had a tightness in my chest and really bad allergies, and my anxiety made me worried, so I got a saliva test. Flash forward a few days and I got a positive result, after having stayed with my boyfriend and his family for the weekend. This through me into a panic, my mom into a panic, and everyone I had seen, despite precautions we had taken. I had a few breakdowns, absolutely unconsolable, and thought I was going to accidentally kill someone in my life because of possible COVID exposure. Two days later I got another test, and the results came back the next day as negative. Everyone around me had tested negative as well, but I know that there is only a 0.02% of a false positive, so I am currently in limbo trying to figure out if I actually tested positive or if it was a false positive. It's all very overwhelming and terrifying.
November 11, 2020