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All products featured on Self are independently selected by our editors. However, we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through these links. I cant lie to youthings these days are bleak. We Are via Getty Images People are losing their jobs. People cant pay for food or gas or housing. What is this so-called hope you speak of? Its completely normal to have trouble being optimistic, even in the best of circumstances....

Holtz has been working as a 911 dispatcher for five years. In her role, she deals only with fire and medical-related calls, yet every day is still different. (The below exchange details Holtzs personal experience and perspective. Adobe Stock / spozhoga / Morgan Johnson Her answers have been edited and condensed for clarity.) SELF: What did your shifts look like before the pandemic? :Before COVID-19, putting on my headset didnt seem so stressful....

All products featured on Self are independently selected by our editors. However, we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through these links. Im not going to lie to youI love numbing out. Maria Voronovich / Getty Images Or a glass of wine. These feelings are worse than they were before. Thats because you gave them all that time and space to do push-ups. So whats the alternative?...

All products featured on Self are independently selected by our editors. However, we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through these links. Whats the difference between droplet and airborne transmission? Jose A. Bernat Bacete/Getty Images If youre infected with the virus, the droplets you release can contain some of the virus. Droplets are larger-size particles that generally just fall to the ground or other surfaces once released from your body....

All products featured on Self are independently selected by our editors. However, we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through these links. Theres a lot of curiosity (and variety) when it comes to intimate grooming practices. splitov27/Adobe Stock Case in point: When oneTikTokerasked her followers about current pubic hair trends, the responses wereallover the place. (Our favorite: I put mine in a messy bun so that its curly in the morning....

All products featured on Self are independently selected by our editors. However, we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through these links. Tess Holliday is a force to be reckoned with. Image courtesy of Tess Holliday Which is fine, because I’m not going anywhere. Holliday is quarantining in her Los Angeles home with her three-year-old son, Bowie, and her best friend. First off, how are you doing?...

All products featured on Self are independently selected by our editors. However, we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through these links. There probably arent manyphysicianswho can say that a near-death experience made them better at their jobs. Sosiukin/Adobe Stock But critical care doctorRana Awdish, M.D., is one of them. What followed was harrowing: Her organs began to fail, she had a stroke, and she miscarried....

The saying used to be Go hard or go home. As a certified strength and conditioning specialist, this thoroughly freaks me out. After just a couple weeks, fatigue hit hard. Amber Venerable Quick question: Why are we like this? On a biological level, movement is an innate reaction to stress. After all, epinephrine (also known as adrenaline, the fight-or-flight hormone) functions to mobilize the body. Never mind that were home in the interest of our health and the health of others....

All products featured on Self are independently selected by our editors. However, we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through these links. Hair is most porous when its really damaged. CentralITAlliance / Getty Images Routine-wise, you could use a hair mask about once every week or so. He adds that if you use them too often your hair can be overly conditioned and become greasy. Its ideal for curly or natural hair types looking to maximize their beauty rest....

There is a brief and beautiful moment when I wake up each morning. Sunlight streams in through my bedroom window, glowing green from the maple leaves it shines through. It is the moment before I remember that I will need to eat. Adobe Stock / artinspiring Getting dressed isnt just getting dressedits facing that sinking feeling that comes when rigid jeans cut into softening flesh. Even small meals are accompanied by a creeping sense of dread....

When I went to the bathroom, sure enough, my period had arrived. But seriously, ouch. Im not the only one wondering if thestress of living during a pandemicis capable of affecting menstruation. Egle/Adobe Stock A Twitter search turned up dozens of questions and affirmations about quarantine stress affecting periods. Heres what you should know about how this works and when period changes warrant a call to your doctor. First, a quick physiology lesson on how you get a period....

It is 2017, and I am sitting in a small white hospital room with a green cot. My partner is by my side crying. We think you have leukemia. Massimo Colombo/Getty Images All of it finally made sense. I thought they were normal side effects of being houseless and broke. Its often easily treatable when caught early but can become aggressive when it goes undetected. Over the course of the past three years, I have defied expectations and made it to 26....

Hell, maybe the pandemic has even beengoodfor your relationship and its kind of throwing you for a loop. Whatever it is, you might be wondering if your experience is normal. If you’re free to relate, youre definitely not alone. WoodenheadWorld / Getty Images (Some responses have been edited and condensed for clarity.) Youre struggling more intensely with relationship problems. Youre anxious about fast-tracking your relationship. But without the pandemic, I think we wouldnt have moved in together for at least another year....