Fear can bring our inner child out, opening us up to feel helpless. As adults it can drive and deepen our existing anxienties anxiety. The Year 2020 has given us plenty of reasons to be uncertain, doubtful and insecure - all of which tug on our fear strings. Anxiety is that normal response to these 'threats', and subconscioulsy we know that the current situation, even as things improve, our way of living may never be carefree as it once was.
Recognise, acknowledge and validate each of your fears. That's important. If you find that it overwhelms you - do some serious self-talk.
Decide to take three slow and long deep breaths, acknowledging your presence in this world. Tell yourself or write 3 things for which you are truly thankful for. Then ask yourself - are my fears real to me or is it being heightened by what I am hearing, reading or google/media hype? Am I seeing danger where it does not exist? Set them in a corner of your mind for now and get on as best with your day.
Do come back to revisit these fears one by one. Because you have faced these fears openly, you take a little of their power away. Now the more you keep repeating this, not only are you self-soothing that inner child, you learn to also how to cope better and build your resillience as an adult.