COVID-19 pandemic has brought about a global mental health crisis, exacerbating short-term and long-term sexual stress in people and damaging the mental health of tens of millions of people. The World Mental Health Report released by the World Health Organization in June 2022 showed that in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, the incidence of depression and anxiety increased by more than 25%.
Chinese Academy of Sciences Academician Lu Lin said at a regular press conference of the National Health Commission: "The impact of the new crown epidemic on human mental health will last for at least 20 years." He gave a data that since the outbreak of the new crown epidemic, more than 70 million new patients with depression have been added to the world, 90 million patients with anxiety, and hundreds of millions of people have insomnia.
In Lu Lin's view, the impact of the epidemic on the mental health of teenagers is more intuitive. They were quarantined at home due to the epidemic, and their biological rhythms were reversed due to the addiction to games. When the epidemic ended, they became depressed, afraid of seeing people, and unwilling to go out, so they could not return to school to attend classes normally.
Common psychological problems caused by the new crown epidemic
The new crown epidemic that has lasted for nearly three years has brought many uncertainties to our lives. At present, nucleic acid testing, , normalized control, and emergency blockade seem to have become an indispensable part of life. Faced with frequent epidemics, our normal life is inevitably disrupted, our emotions are often disturbed, and our mental health continues to face threats.
In interviews, training, and case consultations with some corporate employees, and family consultations, it was also found that the epidemic did have a great impact on individuals' mental health, and the proportion of consultations for primary and secondary school students who have psychological problems due to epidemic isolation and control is also rising.
Common psychological problems are as follows:
1. Emotional problems
Emotional depression, emotional fluctuations are large, mainly negative emotions, such as fear, anxiety, depression, loneliness, anger, despair, discrimination, etc.
Parents:
Negative information, repeated nucleic acid testing, from community closure to not leaving home, paying attention to group purchases of food and daily necessities from time to time, and worrying that one or his family members are infected with new crown . These things that many people are experiencing together can easily induce individuals to have irritability, depression, and anxiety.
Children:
Children are isolated and blocked at home, with a narrow range of activities and interrupted real social activities, so their emotions such as depression, anger, loneliness are obvious.
Children have weak self-management ability, and the learning atmosphere and supervision mechanism of online classes are not as good as offline. Therefore, irregular work and rest and learning activities lead to a decrease in physical vitality, serious internal friction (I want to learn but can't control myself), and I continue to suffer from the frustration of failure in self-control. is gradually not interested in many things, does not want to learn, does not want to speak, does not want to exercise... Depression, despair and other emotional manifestations
2. Behavior problems
Parents:
Parents:
Abnormal behavior, such as repeated disinfection, washing hands, taking body temperature, etc., or excessive smoking and alcohol, withdrawal and alienation (such as not wanting to receive calls from colleagues, unwilling to communicate with anyone), excessive attachment to the Internet and other bad adaptive behaviors, fidgeting, impulsive and irritable, prone to aggressive behaviors, etc. .
Children:
Lonely life, and learning activities are seriously damaged, such as not being able to attend classes normally, not handing in homework, sleeping during online classes or playing games, chatting, watching videos, watching TV series, etc. Some develop into a more serious aversion to learning (refer to the article: Psychological expert Pan Xinling: Psychology and Countermeasures for children’s aversion to learning (8-18 years old)).
Self-closing:
Close yourself in the room, do not communicate with your family, do not want to go out after unblocking, do not want to go to the crowd, and social disorders such as social terror
Serious runners:
Distracted attention and cannot concentrate on doing things, especially when studying, you will be idle, runners or can't help but browse the computer bad website or mobile phone.
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3. Cognitive problems
Cognitive confusion For example, excessive attention to the content of the epidemic, various information will stimulate speculation, anxiety, panic, anger and other reactions, and are extremely sensitive to physical changes. is full of distrust, insecurity, excessive attention to the body, and catastrophic associations about any situation, etc.;
4. Physical symptoms
Physical discomfort, such as insomnia, chest tightness, palpitations, muscle tension, heartbeat, dyspnea, headache, dizziness, nausea, decreased appetite, stomachache , abdominal distension, abdominal pain, body pain and other functional physical symptoms. These symptoms are usually persistent and changeable, and are also a signal that our psychological problems occur.
Body and mind are connected. The so-called somatomorphism is such a phenomenon: the patient feels very uncomfortable in but no obvious pathological changes are found in the corresponding medical examination, or the pathological changes found in clinical examinations are not enough to explain the severity of the patient's conscious symptoms. The deep-seated reason for this somatosification in is that psychological problems cannot be solved for a long time.
Stress events in the environment can become the cause of somatogenesis. For example, the frequent occurrence of epidemics, each individual pays different attention to physical feelings. Individuals with neurotic personality traits are more likely to be emotional than general, have greater emotional fluctuations, and have poor stress resistance. They tend to use somatogenesis as a way to face major events. When lockdown and isolation come, out of inertia, people also want to continue moving forward, which creates contradictions. "The body is another way of expression of the mind" , so many psychological problems will also be reflected through physical conditions.
5. Dating issues
Interpersonal conflicts, such as when the child is at home due to the epidemic, the time for children to spend with their parents increases, and the conflict of ideas leads to problems in the parent-child relationship, or they are unwilling to communicate online or offline with others.
How to do psychological protection without leaving home
WHO 's definition of "health" is not just that it is not sick or that it is not weak, but that it always emphasizes a person's mental integrity and good social adaptation. In a state of mental health, individuals can recognize their own abilities, be able to cope with normal pressures in daily life, work effectively, and contribute to the society they are in.
More specifically, a mentally healthy person is interested in his work, can accept himself, and can also regulate his emotions, adapt to the environment well and have good interpersonal relationships.
COVID-19 pandemic has a great impact on mental health, so you must take good psychological protection.
1. Accept emotions
allows you to have emotional fluctuations. It is necessary to understand that in the event of sudden outbreak of the epidemic, it is normal to experience emotional fluctuations and can be actively adjusted.
2. Self-emotion regulation
①Follow formal channels.
Moderately pay attention to epidemic information, follow news published on official and formal channels, and understand the development trend of the epidemic, which can help resist a sense of out-of-control; pay more attention to positive and positive reports, and draw positive energy from it to overcome the epidemic.
②Don’t take your phone all day long to look around, pay too much attention to the number of infected people, do not blindly believe in online rumors, give yourself too much mental burden, and be rational and calm.
When children ask about it, we should also convey some scientific knowledge and positive news as much as possible to avoid children being too anxious.
③ Adjust unreasonable cognition.
Firmly believe in defeating the epidemic comprehensively evaluate the positive and negative impact of the incident. Firmly believe is the "spiritual medicine" to defeat the virus.
④ Actively communicate and communicate with relatives and friends.
Use remote methods to contact relatives, friends, classmates, teachers and teachers, express their emotions, express concerns, exchange common interests and hobbies, and agree on plans after the epidemic, etc., and obtain psychological energy through interpersonal communication.
⑤ Maintain a normal pace of life.
can maintain a healthy routine by formulating a life plan, insist on exercising every day, use various network resources to study in a planned manner, and continuously enrich yourself.
⑥ Timely venting bad emotions You can find a time and a space where everyone is free and uninterrupted, and say out your grievances and depression, and cry when you want to cry; or in a private space, shout out loud, whether it is yelling or screaming, you can vent your anxiety in a timely manner.
⑦ Relaxation training
Relax yourself through abdominal deep breathing, muscle relaxation, music relaxation, butterfly hug, etc., to relieve negative emotions such as anxiety and tension
3. Enrich your life, find hobbies
3. For example, reading, listening to music, physical exercise, meditation, etc., actively create a relaxed and pleasant mood and a positive attitude, gain fun in life, and reduce attention to the body.
Closely at home and do nothing. Arrange some leisure and entertainment activities and pleasant events for yourself, and put aside the worries of work.
Some people say that I don’t have specialties and don’t know what I like to play. It’s very simple, just cultivate one. For example, you can learn to grow flowers when you encounter pressure. Cooking, musical instruments, calligraphy, painting, etc. can also bring us some pleasure and comfort in boredom and fatigue.
4. Pay attention to rest and ensure sleep
More rest and adequate sleep are a good recipe to relieve anxiety. This may be difficult to do, because nervousness often makes it difficult for people to fall asleep. But the less sleep, the tighter the mood will be and the more anxious you will be. If necessary, you can seek help from a doctor and use some sleep-aiding drugs in the short term.
5. Listen more
As a family member, if the people around us experience various physical discomfort symptoms, we must understand and affirm the discomfort of our family, listen more and preach less.
Because this discomfort is real, it is even stronger and lasting than the discomfort of patients with physical diseases. This feeling is very painful, not "pretending to be sick", "pretentious", etc. The company and support of family members is very important at this time.
6. Seek professional tools and professional psychological help
①Professional tools
Since the epidemic in 2020, many children with excellent academic performance have had emotional distress, abnormal behavior and other psychological problems due to epidemic-related problems such as home and other epidemics, which directly affect their academic performance; There are also many children who have aversion to learning and their motivation to learn has been greatly damaged; many children induce common symptoms such as anxiety and depression during this period. Therefore, during home isolation, you must monitor your child's mental health in real time, use professional tools to identify your child's problems, and do not overreact; do not underestimate carelessness and cause serious problems.
Parents must make good use of professional evaluation tools developed for primary and secondary school students to give their children real care. Scan the QR code below to conduct "Assessment of Mental Health Prone to Primary and Secondary School Students".
②Psychological treatment
When psychological discomfort fails self-regulation, you should actively find a professional psychological teacher to intervene and treat or go to the hospital for treatment.
7. Accompany your children and manage family relationships
As parents, we must also take on the responsibility of guiding our children, actively be listeners to our children, communicate more with our children, encourage them to express their bad emotions, and enable them to receive active support from their parents and families.
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The epidemic is still continuing. I hope that while protecting your health, everyone will also actively pay attention to mental health, take psychological protection, respond to the uncertainty of the epidemic and control, protect the family, and protect the healthy growth of the next generation.
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