Breakthrough: Wary Of Socializing After COVID? You're Not Alone

Still have social apprehension or dread about going "back to" anything? Experts tell Newsy that's natural.

OK, so you have your vaccine card and the CDC now says some outdoor situations don’t need masks. But you still have that social apprehension or dreading about going “back to” anything? You’re not alone.  You could credit media. You could definitely credit the pandemic. A quick search, and you’ll find study after study of some pandemic-related connection to more recording of mental health conditions. Just how common are those numbers? "The anxiety is not a push-button function. You can't just turn it off. People are going to have some apprehensions. I think it's completely natural. If you didn't, I'd be shocked," Dr. Eric French said.