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The pandemic ended but its psychological effects continue - social anxiety, agoraphobia, and unprocessed grief persist.
Years of hypervigilance, isolation, and loss rewired stress responses. Social skills atrophied. Many people experienced losses they never fully grieved because collective trauma normalised suffering.
Paula can help you work through lingering pandemic anxiety, social avoidance, and grief at your own pace without pressure to "just move on."
Yes. Mass trauma has long-lasting effects. Studies show elevated anxiety and depression rates persisting years after the acute phase. You are not "behind" in recovery.
Extended isolation weakened social skills and heightened threat perception. Your brain learned that other people equal danger. Gradual, positive social exposure helps retrain it.
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