(Health Times reporter Zhang Shuang and Liu Jingyi) "It's almost time to take the postgraduate entrance examination. If I get infected, can I still maintain my condition? I cheer myself up every day." Many students expressed their concerns to the Health Times reporter.
In this regard, on December 11, Guo Ting, a psychological counselor at Beijing Anding Hospital, told the Health Times reporter that if negative emotions interfere with normal work and life, you can try to use various methods to adjust.
December 11, Huangxing Plaza in Changsha was crowded with people. China Radio International Photo
"My child is only over 2 years old. Although I cheer myself up every day, I feel a little panicked whenever I see the child." A mother told the Health Times reporter.
"Close contact with the new coronavirus will inevitably make people feel panic and uneasy, which will affect their work and life. Especially after being infected with the new coronavirus, this panic and anxiety may intensify." Guo Ting told the Health Times reporter.
Guo Ting reminds that you should pay moderate attention to the published epidemic information and popular science of prevention and control, learn and master scientific prevention and control measures, and help you dispel unnecessary doubts from the perspective of epidemic understanding and scientific response. When faced with such emotions, the more you are, the easier it is to be influenced and manipulated by them. Such emotions can be allowed to appear and try to accept them, without eliminating, without confrontation, and living with them. How to alleviate "negative emotions"? Guo Ting said that first of all, you can pay attention to your breathing when you are anxious, and by controlling the frequency of your breathing, slowing down the rhythm of your breathing, and adjusting the state of tension and anxiety. If you can, it would be a good choice to take more than ten minutes a day to do mindfulness , meditation or yoga practice.
Secondly, you can write down the concerns and use the form of brainstorming to find various solutions to these problems. Through the analysis of advantages and disadvantages, determine the optimal solution and implement it. When worries reappear, remind yourself that you have thought about it and that there are also feasible solutions to reduce further worries.
Finally, when negative emotions appear, you can try to be aware of the thoughts or thoughts that appear most frequently in your mind and have the greatest impact on you, evaluate and correct them, and replace maladaptive thoughts with relatively more rational and objective thoughts. In addition, focusing on the present, moderate exercise, and listening to music can all help relieve panic and anxiety.
"If you or the people around you experience symptoms such as panic, anxiety, anger, helplessness, insomnia, etc., and none of the above methods can be relieved, you can also seek help from a mental health agency and solve emotional troubles in a targeted manner under the guidance of professionals." Guo Ting said.
