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If you work at home and you feel unsafe or worried that people have come out to get you, you're not alone. After months of virtual meetings and many threatened jobs due to a hollow American economy, the workers seem to be more anxious than ever. In fact, according to many experts, the combination ofWork And the threat of dismissed are powerful conditions for a very disturbing and under-reported side effect of the coronavirus pandemic:paranoia.

"When you are not around your colleagues and your organization because of virtual work, it can giveSpace for paranoia to grow, "André Spicer,Professor of organizational behavior Cass Business School, told theFiscal time. "We do not have all the usual informal comments to make sense of what happens."

Working in a shared office space brings banal experiences that go a long way in the development of camaraderie and trust, whether for a coffee break with a colleague or to be able to read the language of your boss's body in a Occasional conversation. But these experiments are lost on zoom calls and written messages sent by email or slack.

Daniel FreemanProfessor of Clinical Psychology at Oxford University, shares the same perspective. In todayhome work landscape, Freeman told theFinancial times, "There is more ambiguity and more threat, there is less distraction from our routines, contact other people and other things to talk." He added that "when people are paranoid, they often read too much in ambiguous information."

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The best advice to treat feelings ofInsecurity, anxiety or paranoia? Talk through the specific scenario that requires you to worry about a trusted person. Even if you face a complicated working dynamic, conversation therapy can go very far towardssoften anxiety and paranoia. And if you are looking for resources, check7 free anxiety applications to help you during pandemic coronavirus.