How to stay out of the worldwide panic

[NonsenseTrash]

Hello,

Lately, all that can be talked about is COVID-19, or the Coronavirus. My university went extended spring break and went remote because of the virus. Today, a state of emergency was called by Trump. I went to the store today to try to get some supplies, and barely anything. Everyone is in a panic. How do i keep cool in such a scary time?
I freaked out a bit today. Luckily i was hungry after taking my anxiety pill, and ate some, which made it so I couldnt go through with CTB urges.
If anyone has any advice on how to not fall into the panic, please let me know. I'm an anxious person, and this makes it worse.

 

[Jean4]

Contact me.

 

[NonsenseTrash]

Contact me.

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[Jean4]

Just sent you a pm

Answered. ;)

 

[Despondent]

I know it's not easy to avoid the whole panic :/ I'm not worried about it, and I get nervous and overthink a lot.

Don't worry friend. It won't be around for very long :) They say the warm weather will kill it and warmer weather is around the corner. It's probably why it hasn't made it's way to Africa. The panic will be over soon and we can presume.

 

[terry_a_davis]

remember it mainly kills the old and/or those with health conditions, i don't know old you are. and it's not common *yet*.

 

[Sad_Autistic_boy_101]

Iv'e been preparing this for a while as I love apocalypses. Order online I would say. I go to a smaller shop that you don't usually go to.

 

[a_strange_day]

People are insane. There is almost nothing left at the supermarket, I couldn't even find my favorite organic oat flakes. I'll starve to death because of some lunatics. I bought beer and bananas instead. Right now I feel like I am the sane one.

 

[Empty Smile]

My family used to laugh at me because I had a habit of buying and stocking up on freeze dried foods and MREs. The only reason I was doing so was because if my love fore hiking and being in the woods.

Now the stores are empty, and my family is freaking out because they are short on food.

All I can say is.... "WHO'S LAUGHING NOW BITCHES???"


Pic only shows a partial of the stash of food I have!

 

[Dear Flabby]

We didn't panic buy, but when we realized that a typical self quarantine for community acquired COVID-19 was two weeks, we did get more non- perishable things.
People weren't yet buying crazy amounts of things. We just made sure we were good for 14 days. It's easy for 2 older people to do this.
I feel sorry for families with children.

 

[MsMaudlin]

The supermarkets here in the UK are having to ration people, still no toilet roll or hand sanitizer anywhere!

 

[I_love_to_bake]

People are insane. There is almost nothing left at the supermarket, I couldn't even find my favorite organic oat flakes. I'll starve to death because of some lunatics. I bought beer and bananas instead. Right now I feel like I am the sane one.

Beer and bananas sound yum

My strategy for keeping calm is to keep doing my 2 favorite things, baking and hiking
don't worry friends, food will be made available. I have about a few days worth. but with flour and yeast there is almost no limit to how many loaves I can make.

 

[jgm63]

Hello,

Lately, all that can be talked about is COVID-19, or the Coronavirus. My university went extended spring break and went remote because of the virus. Today, a state of emergency was called by Trump. I went to the store today to try to get some supplies, and barely anything. Everyone is in a panic. How do i keep cool in such a scary time?
I freaked out a bit today. Luckily i was hungry after taking my anxiety pill, and ate some, which made it so I couldnt go through with CTB urges.
If anyone has any advice on how to not fall into the panic, please let me know. I'm an anxious person, and this makes it worse.

No panicking required.
What will be will be.
As soon as you were born you were guaranteed to die, the same as every living creature.
And yet you haven't been panicking until now ??
Why ever not ?
Just do what you can, and then don't think about it anymore.....
Don't let the media hype you up.
Takes some inner energy to swim against that urge to join in with the hype.....
But it's worth it, and contributes invisibly to the collective consciousness.....

 

[NonDefaultOption]

Well you ain't gonna die of protein deficiency unless you have serious kidney problems anyways. There's plant proteins like beans, tofu, chickpeas and legumes, stuff a lot of people don't think to take because it ain't meat, but it's still good for protein.

If you need to ration your food, better eat only one or two meals a day, and the last meal of the day somewhere late afternoon or evening, like 3-5 hours before sleep. Water will keep hunger away a bit, drink when you feel uncomfortable hunger and it might go away.

Funny how you end up saying stuff like this in a suicide forum, but I've been studying holistic health for a good time now so..