But while the looming easing of restrictions is exciting for many, others are feeling nervous. What is 'reopening anxiety'? Miranda Cashin, a psychologist at non-profit youth mental health foundation Headspace, said it's normal to be experiencing so-called 'reopening anxiety'. "We've been in such a strange reality for such a long time, so it's going to take time to build that relational muscle up again, in a sense, because we haven't been using it." Crowds of people at Bronte Beach in Sydney.