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

Corona has severely exacerbated the deficits/struggled in my life. <strong>I’m a single mom who had little help before; now there’s no help. My kid was having some behavioral struggles; now those are full blown daily disasters. Work was tough</strong> working with the homeless as a social worker;<strong> now it feels impossible</strong> and I can’t ever leave work in time. I felt like I was just barely treading water; now I’ve been drowning. Every day. Over and over again. I felt isolated and struggling to find community; now I am completely isolated, on our own island with just the 2 of us. I struggled w confidence about being enough for my kid and knowing what he needs; now I feel hopeless and helpless about those same things.<strong> I worried about the political splits in our country; now those seem concretized, as even a pandemic can’t get us to treat each other as human. I used to rarely cry; now I am constantly on the verge of tears.</strong> I used to feel alone, worrying about me being the only one to put me and my family first; now I know that’s the case<strong>. I am so much better off that most people and was ok with just grimly hanging on, getting through every day, and now every day feels like forever.</strong>