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Cooper: With COVID-19 and stay-at-home orders, it’s OK to ask for help

MCT File Photo / A patient listens to a therapist during a session several years ago in Sacramento, California. The COVID-19 virus, and its associated stresses, have compounded the need for people to talk to someone about their problems.
MCT File Photo / A patient listens to a therapist during a session several years ago in Sacramento, California. The COVID-19 virus, and its associated stresses, have compounded the need for people to talk to someone about their problems. MCT File Photo / A patient listens to a therapist during a session several years ago in Sacramento, California. The COVID-19 virus, and its associated stresses, have compounded the need for people to talk to someone about their problems.

By Clint Cooper 5 min read

If you feel like the walls are closing in as a result of prolonged orders to stay at home during the COVID-19 pandemic, you aren’t the only one.

It’s happening to the most virulently cautious people who vow to “follow the science.”

It’s happening to the most rabid haters of President of Trump who see the pandemic as the ideal way to heap blame on him.

It’s happening to those who have come and gone as they pleased throughout the pandemic even as they had limited places to go.

It’s happening to the most loyal Trump supporters, who see through blue-state and coordinated media-driven appeals for people to stay home because otherwise “millions will die.”