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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.

<strong> Stressful time. Applying to a new job, hopefully it goes well.</strong> I know<strong> the climate news is bad</strong>, but I didn't expect anything different. I haven't read the report, I feel like I wouldn't be able to take it all at once. I'll learn what I need to learn soon enough, I'm sure. <strong> I've been getting a symptom I haven't had in about 10 years. It's a numbness in my leg, like a tingling. Feels more like a bug is crawling up it than actually numb</strong>. Back when it first happened, I was under a ton of stress. It ended up spreading to cover almost my entire right side. It was pretty bad - I had to watch my feet to climb stairs and had to empty my pocket completely anytime I needed something out of it because I couldn't identify anything by touch. I had scans and meetings with specialists and they couldn't find anything physically wrong with me. I ended up aggressively pushing away the things in my life that were causing me so much stress, and eventually it went away. <strong> Honestly, I don't feel THAT overwhelmed right now, but the fact that this is happening again makes me think maybe I'm more stressed than I'm willing to admit to myself</strong>.