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Health Minute: How to manage anxious feelings and stress over returning to work

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Published 5:30 PM

Heading back to work may be hard on mental health

(KYMA, KECY/CNN) - As more people are getting vaccinated, employees might be getting back to the office soon.

Some people may develop feelings of anxiety and stress for returning to the workplace after time away.

Kristen Carpenter is a psychologist and says that some people may still fear COVID-19 upon returning to work or even simply seeing co-workers again after being isolated.

Carpenter recommends employees to ask their workplace about safety protocols and for those that are feeling anxious about socializing should gradually start going out again.

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