How to keep a positive attitude under the COVID-19 situation?

The epidemic has disrupted our normal pace of life, causing many problems to everyone, and it will inevitably affect everyone's mood. In such a special period, each of us should learn to look at events rationally, regulate our emotions and carry out positive psychological construction.

Some possible physical and mental manifestations under the epidemic situation

1. Insomnia

There are many epidemic information, especially some negative information, which will make people nervous, anxious, upset and other phenomena, and then lead to excessive thinking and insomnia.

2. Emotional fluctuation

I was very happy when I saw the good news of the epidemic, and I was disappointed when I saw the bad news.

3. Feeling afraid

If I feel a little unwell, I keep checking my temperature to worry about being infected.

4. Irritability

Isolation brings inconvenience to life, limited movement, inability to work normally and other daily life, which is easy to cause anger. They even lose their temper with community workers and volunteers.

5. Loss of interest

At the beginning of isolation, you can also play mobile phones, play games, and watch TV. It seems that this kind of entertainment is not interesting in a few days. I always feel listless and listless, and I am not interested in doing anything.

6. Worry

Worry about whether the elderly and children at home will encounter asymptomatic infected persons or undetected informants when they go out, or even worry that their families will be infected.

How to deal with it correctly?

Keep away from bad information: get relevant information from formal channels and official websites, master the necessary knowledge of epidemic prevention, avoid contacting information with strong emotions and avoid the psychological impact caused by information overload.

Keep social links: warm social support can help us resist the adverse effects of pressure. Can not go out, can enjoy family sharing time, enhance mutual communication and feelings. And friends can also use the network to communicate and chat and encourage each other.

Adjust cognition and jump out of the strange circle of thinking: when falling into the strange circle of thinking, it is easy to ignore the multifaceted nature of things and tend to focus on the negative results.

Life, adjust your schedule: There are always uncertain aspects of the external environment, but we can choose how to spend each day. Regular and planned life can help us improve our internal sense of control.

Exercise according to local conditions: many studies have confirmed the positive role of exercise in improving depression, relieving anxiety, cheering mood, and controlling impulses.

Anxiety is a normal response to sudden and uncertain outbreaks. In terms of psychology, these are not diseases, but the psychological reactions in the face of disasters. The epidemic will eventually pass. Establishing positive expectations will help us overcome current difficulties and achieve peace and tranquility.