Many COVID-19 restrictions are being reinstated across the country after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released new guidance about the delta variant and how easily it spreads, even among those who are vaccinated and that's causing many people anxiety.|| COVID-19 updates | Maryland's latest numbers | Get tested | Vaccine Info ||The CDC said months ago those who are vaccinated can safely stop wearing masks indoors and many states dropped their mandates. Now that guidance has changed because of the delta variant and some feel like we're going backward.WBAL-TV 11 News spoke with a psychologist Tuesday who has some tips for coping."We've been through this before and so we can get through it again," said Dr. Neda Gould, a clinical psychologist at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Gould said many people are having mixed emotions and anxiety about some COVID-19 restrictions like mask wearing coming back into play."There's some excitement about this semblance of a new normalcy and then all of a sudden, it brings back these fears of uncertainty, so it’s emotionally exhausting," Gould said.New recommendations and in some cases, restrictions are coming back because of the delta variant, which spreads more easily. Gould said constant changes and so much uncertainty is taxing for some people."I think people who might have vulnerability to anxiety already or feel like their emotional resources are depleted already may have a difficult time going back to something that was really hard from the beginning," she said.Gould recommends reminding yourself of your resiliency -- we've done it before, and we can do it again -- or use mindfulness practices like meditation or talk to people in your social support network."It can be so isolating at times when we have these conflicted or challenging feelings, but I guarantee that whatever you're feeling you're not the only person feeling it," she said.And recognize the warning signs in yourself and your loved ones. If the anxiety gets serious, it’s time to seek professional help."We're looking for some sort of impairment in someone's life. They're having difficulty functioning, they're having a poor quality of life because of these symptoms," Gould said.On Monday, Anne Arundel County Executive Steuart Pittman reinstated a mask mandate for county office buildings, the city of Annapolis is following suit and several local school systems are requiring masks in schools this fall.