The smoke from the wildfires in California didn't occur to me until I became under an advisory where I live, although it's not hazy. Smoke from fires does cause me to have allergy-like symptoms, so that very well could be contributing to my issues. Perhaps it's just enough to impact me. Or I've become sensitive, either way lol :P
Oh yes - both DH & Trinity have been having skin flare-ups from mask-wearing, which isn't surprising at all.
At times it causes my anxiety to spike & even DH recently experienced a panic attack in a store because of it. He had zero prior working knowledge of what it's been like for me having anxiety, so him having that one experience out of nowhere hopefully allowed him to get a small glimpse of what it's been like for me because he could never wrap his head around it, so would always dismiss my anguish. Of course, I don't want it to become a common occurrence with him. I have noticed though whenever we go shopping, he starts to freak out & become agitated pretty quickly & the first thing he does is rip the mask off outside as soon as he's able. And if we have to go to more than one store, it ramps up. During my worst periods this was my life. It sucks.
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Date: 2020-09-19 06:57 pm (UTC)Oh yes - both DH & Trinity have been having skin flare-ups from mask-wearing, which isn't surprising at all.
At times it causes my anxiety to spike & even DH recently experienced a panic attack in a store because of it. He had zero prior working knowledge of what it's been like for me having anxiety, so him having that one experience out of nowhere hopefully allowed him to get a small glimpse of what it's been like for me because he could never wrap his head around it, so would always dismiss my anguish. Of course, I don't want it to become a common occurrence with him. I have noticed though whenever we go shopping, he starts to freak out & become agitated pretty quickly & the first thing he does is rip the mask off outside as soon as he's able. And if we have to go to more than one store, it ramps up. During my worst periods this was my life. It sucks.