It's normal to feel scared, but changes are healthy
In periods of stress — whether that's a pandemic, economic turmoil or racial unrest — we make adjustments to manage the stressors that are within our control, David Rosmarin, assistant professor in the department of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and founder of the Center for Anxiety tells CNBC Make It. In the case of the pandemic, for example, many people started working from home and streamlined social interactions to avoid coming into contact with the virus.
"That's a good, healthy process that we've all made those adaptations," Rosmarin says. Over the past year, we have become very comfortable with our "new normal," and might feel excessive fear or anxiety about returning to how things were before.