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How to cope with coronavirus anxiety and self-isolation - Jon Ronson shares his tips - BBC Newsnight
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5:05Now PlayingThe journalist and documentary filmmaker, Jon Ronson, has spoken and written widely about his anxiety.
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But, he has spoken about feeling strangely calm in a real crisis such as the coronavirus.
He tells Kirsty Wark “We’re (anxiety sufferers) the ones who will be okay…People with anxiety disorders have spent their lives catastrophising, but we’ve found ourselves in a situation where we are really capable.”
He also discusses the use of social media at a time like this, and how he thinks society has now changed forever.
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