Pandemic Hangover Journal Prompts
Following the COVID-19 pandemic, many people still struggle with a pandemic hangover, the lingering emotional and mental health side effects from pandemic. The world is different, your life is likely different, and it is okay to have feelings about this. These journal prompts are here to help you connect back to yourself and to heal from living through the COVID-19 pandemic.
This is a list of journal prompts to assist with episode 70: Pandemic Hangover: How to Heal Your Post-Covid Mental and Emotional Health (Anxiety and Depression) and Reacclimate to the Post-Pandemic World.
Journal Prompts:
Free-write about your own personal experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. Do any specific memories come to mind? As you reflect, explore any feelings or emotions that arise.
Have you noticed any new anxieties arise since the COVID-19 pandemic? Such as social anxiety, anxiety while driving, anxiety about being sick, etc. Allow yourself to explore this anxiety, where it originated, and if there are any underlying fears attached to this anxiety.
Have you noticed any changes in your relationships since the end of the pandemic? Do you have new anxieties? Do you keep in contact with less people? Do you find it easier or harder to connect? Explore how your relationships have been impacted since the end of the pandemic. How has it affected the way you interact, communicate, or empathize with others?