particleandwave

The quarantine made my depression and anxiety disorder much worse. About two weeks into quarantine, I started feeling paralysing sorrow about everything that ever happened to me, and the view of the future became grim.

I guess the time alone made me confront my problems in a way I couldn't handle, so I resumed my psychotherapy and went back on anti-depressants. I still haven't figured out the way to get out of this only-bad-thoughts loop. Morning Yoga helps a bit, and sports, in general, seem to take the stress away, though not for long. Maybe someone can share their experiences coping with that?

Sadly, I experienced the opposite. I also have a history of depression and panic disorders (not social, however), and I was getting better before the quarantine. When the quarantine struck about a week after I started feeling hopelessness as if I have no control in life anymore. Like things, bad things will happen to me, and I will not be able to cope with it.

Then memories over past mistakes took over, and I started obsessing on every little bad thing I've ever done. As time went by these thoughts filled my head for the most of the day, and because of quarantine restrictions, I wasn't able to do much to shake them off. Anybody else experienced something similar?

As others noted the this has little to do with quarantine and a lot with depression. However, there is a parallel between depression and quarantine, for me personally, it struck very hard, and I found myself questioning the value of my life up to the point where the thoughts of meaningless existence shadowed every good thing that ever happened to me.

Funny to mention but what helped me was Arthur Schopenhauer book "the wisdom of life", it deals a lot with a sense of meaninglessness and ability to overcome that. Do recommend.