Logically I know I have plenty of food and other supplies, and I have to fight the strong urge to get more. The first day that I was isolating myself, I was beside myself with anxiety. What got me past that was to do an inventory of my food. I even tallied the total calories and divided by a very generous amount that I might consume in a day. That got me past the anxiety.
Typically I share things with my daughter. She has always just stopped by and raided my pantry and refrigerator for food. Before this panic buying started, I pretty much forced her to stock up. At first she didn't listen well enough. She told me she had everything but meat because she didn't like frozen meat. She got over that real quick when she placed an order with a grocery store and none of the meat she ordered was available. She found a butcher (I hate that word) store, and it took a week, but her order was filled. Hopefully she learned her lesson. Listen to mom.
One of my sons must have inherited my stocking up gene. He filled his freezer and pantry way back in January. and also bought some huge packages of paper goods. People at his work ridiculed him at first. Then it got to a point where they were actually mad at him for predicting what was going to happen. 
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