I wrote a thing!

[ysobel]

https://themighty.com/2020/07/anticipatory-fear-disability-covid-19/

Our brains aren’t really built for extended periods of upheaval and uncertainty. I’ve seen people mention “COVID brain” — the dip in higher-level thinking because the brain is focusing on staying alive, the brain fog that comes with prolonged stress, the shattered feeling of having too many worries — basically, the effect of a worldwide pandemic on everyone’s mental health.

And all I can think is “welcome to my life.” Because for me as a disabled person, this is nothing new.

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