You might feel relieved or excited that lockdown is easing where you live, meaning you can return to some of your usual activities including some sport and physical activity sessions. But you might also find yourself feeling less positive about the changes and may move through a range of difficult thoughts and feelings.
For example, you may be:
To help manage any difficult thoughts and feelings about returning to sport and physical activity, you could try some of the following tips:
There are also a number of steps you could take to help you prepare for returning to a club, group or venue:
"I'm a social butterfly and dying to run with people but I have some very anxious friends who I fear won’t join in for a while. As long as people realise that's ok too, and to just go when they are ready."