Youth suicide attempts soared during pandemic, CDC report says
This pandemic is <i>very</i> strange mental-wise, all my doctors note that. The US, as far as I understand, has huge lockdowns and that may be the factor, but in my country it&#x27;s called &quot;an advisory self-isolation&quot; and everyone basically lives their life like before, except wearing masks in public places and mandatory vaccination to visit a mall or a restaurant (also &quot;manageable&quot;).<p>I&#x27;m not a social person (age almost 40), and I ought not to feel any consequences of that, cause even a strict lockdown wouldn&#x27;t change my life too much. And I have a friend who isn&#x27;t particularly stress-prone (a former warzone guy, 4 kids, a strong mindset).<p>And guess what, we both experienced numerous acute panic attacks in 2020, without realizing what it was. We both have called an ambulance and thought this is the end of me, only to learn later what panic attack is. And we both never got covid. Doctors say that it is a very common phenomenon to observe. Idk about him, but my mental state I find pretty questionable now, because something induces anxiety in it non-stop from the spring 2020. I don&#x27;t watch TV, neither read on pandemic situation consciously. Visited therapist for a whole last year.<p>I can imagine what all that does to regular people, and probably can&#x27;t imagine what teens may feel about it.<p>Can anyone share similar observations, or am I just a coincidence?