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Anxious about the prospect of emerging from the cocoon of blankets youâve been hiding under for the last year? You might have a bad case of âFOGOâ â fear of going out.
The term has been used on social media to describe anxiousness around the eventual reopening of society and re-entry into our working and personal lives. While experts like Steven Taylor, a professor and clinical psychologist at the University of B.C., will tell you the term FOGO wonât be found in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, the feelings behind it may be connected to disorders that can.