2024 Author: Harry Day | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 15:43
Anxiety is an extremely unpleasant sensation, one that you immediately want to get rid of. In addition, popular mass media insist that a person should always be positive, that negative experiences are almost a disease. But, of course, this is not the case.
In some circumstances and to a certain extent, anxiety is a completely normal state of the psyche. Now there are many reasons for stress: the coronavirus epidemic, the difficult economic situation, the forced inaction in quarantine and self-isolation, a sharp change in lifestyle when switching to remote work, the uncertainty of the future. All of the above (especially the latter) can be alarming.
And there is nothing wrong with that. Of course, it is unpleasant to experience anxiety, but adequate anxiety is like a signal "Code Red" from the psyche, which makes us become more alert. Having received such a signal, the body immediately begins to produce hormonal "fuel" for increased alertness and activity. In order for us to become more vigilant for a while, focused on the source of the threat, strong, and active. That is, they did not relax. And in our situation, moderate anxiety can play a role: it makes you take the epidemiological situation seriously, observe quarantine, use protective equipment, wash your hands more often, finally. In other words, anxiety focuses our attention on trying not to get infected or infect.
Therefore, if your anxiety is expressed only in the fact that sometimes you are uneasy from thinking about the virus, that after sneezing a couple of times, you measure the temperature, that you feel the child's forehead once again, that you are trying to stay away from people - do not rush to diagnose yourself anxious disorders. During times of stress, it is normal to experience anxiety and even use it as a security tool.
For people with this level of anxiety (normal, not too high), almost all of the tips are suitable, already described on the net many times. This includes conversations with loved ones, and new activities, and postponed projects, and relaxation techniques, whatever you like. Regular physical activity, as well as your favorite films, books, music, will not interfere. That is, if there is a psychological opportunity to switch, use it. And you can also try to mentally build different scenarios of what will happen after the epidemic. But the scenarios should be either initially positive, or with a good ending, with one where you overcome all difficulties. Don't underestimate the healing power of fantasy.
It's another matter if the anxiety is increased. To diagnose this, of course, is better for a specialist, but you can understand a lot yourself. It is worth talking about increased anxiety if, firstly, it is very intense - it interferes with concentrating on a particular matter, interferes with sleep or eating. If the reasons for anxiety are constantly changing, and at least some of these reasons are associated not with the current situation, but with earlier problems. If disturbing thoughts end in fits of despair.
In this case, there will be two tips. The first is what can help right now. This is an old "survival technique" created a long time ago by army psychologists. It consists in setting oneself only one task - to survive a specific, short period of time. It can be an hour, half a day, a day, no more. Can you hold out for an hour? Well, good. And no thoughts "and when", "and if", "and then what", they are prohibited. Full focus on getting through your hour or day, on what you are doing here and now. Think about the future later, when you can calm down. Anyway, anxiety is a poor planning aid. I must say right away that this technique is short-term, for extreme circumstances. If anxiety is a frequent visitor and can sometimes overwhelm your head, you need to work with it professionally, and this is the second tip.
And, by the way, do not envy those "brave" people who behave as if nothing is happening. Not always, but often these are people with such a high level of anxiety that the psyche does not allow even a drop of anxiety to reach consciousness, blocks it completely, locking it inside, since even one drop can cause such a wave that cannot be dealt with.
So moderate anxiety under negative circumstances is not always an enemy, sometimes it is an unpleasant defender, and the main thing here is to understand it and treat it correctly.
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