Looking for some words of encouragement 
I suffer from anxiety and have done long before all of this. Lockdown At the beginning of the year put me in a bad place. I am classed as moderate vulnerable, initially told to shield. I lived in such fear for so many months.
Fast forward to the summer and I managed to shift my mind set to a more positive outlook, got braver and was taking the children out to the parks/woods/gardens for play dates, seeing my friends and parents. And then come September with both my children back at school life was feeling so much better.
Now I have a cold. None of the main Covid symptoms, just a bit blocked up, slightly sore and tickly throat, feeling Like I have a bit Less energy than usual. And now I feel back to square one. I feel totally paranoid, not only about if my symptoms may be Covid, but also that I may have infected others, that the pandemic here in UK is spiralling out of control again. And I feel completely overwhelmed with anxiety again!
I really thought my head had turned a corner, but now I feel so down about it all again and wondering how I will get through this winter if a cold coming has set me back like this