Ask the Expert: Five tips for going back into the real world This story is part of a Mental Health Awareness Month series highlighting Michigan State University research and expert knowledge. In honor of May as Mental Health Awareness Month, MSU's Claudia Finkelstein, associate professor of family medicine at MSU’s College of Human Medicine, offers tips on how each of us can reenter “normal” life.
After a long year of change and adjusting to ever shifting goal posts of “the new normal,” we seem to be heading out of the worst of it. There is cautious optimism about the months ahead based on current trends. Along with optimism, there is a vague pervasive anxiety about how to navigate the times ahead. Even Saturday Night Live is aware of the anxiety and awkwardness of this long-awaited stage of the pandemic.