Introduction
COVID-19 Pandemic brought upheaval and changes to our daily lives and shook us from the root. COVID-19 crises have evolved us at various fronts, mentally, emotionally, psychologically, physically and beside the material gain, we are focusing more on mental and physical health.
Facing with new realities of home confinement, temporary unemployment, online schooling of children, no outside life, lack of physical contact with friends and colleagues, creating a wired psychiatric symptom in people and triggering fear, anxiety, stress, helplessness and depression.
Daily wages workers, migrants’ workers, house maid, small shop owners, were particularly at risk of negative mental health and substance abuses. Job loss, financial crunch accelerated the anxiety, depression, mental trauma, and sleep disturbance.
According to a new WHO survey, 93% of countries worldwide has disrupted mental health condition during Covid-19 Pandemic. Global leaders, celebrities, industrialists, advocates are coming on one platform to promote awareness and health budgets to deal with mental health.
High-GDP income countries deploying telemedicine and teletherapy for counselling and coaching to deal with mental issues.
Response towards COVID 19 Pandemic
- Fear of getting Covid infection and death
- Avoid going for diagnostic and hospitals due to the fear of getting an infection
- Isolation, loss of jobs and income
- Encouraging use of excess alcohol and drug because of loneliness and depression
- Limited ability to exercising because of fatigue that causes Dizziness and light-headedness
- Insomnia and sleep disturbances
According to survey conducted by WHO, over 60% of world population were reported with mental health imbalances. Children and adolescents were at high risk (72%), older adults (70%), and women were at low risk comparatively (61%). Parents and children, adolescents, young, adults and elderly, all are feeling stressed and worried.
How COVID fear playing with human brain?
- Children and adolescents are feeling the strain home confinement and isolation away from schools and friends.
- Closures of colleges, remote working, and loss of jobs and income contributing to poor mental health in young adults. Anxiety, sleep disruption, helplessness, and suicidal thoughts are frequent in them.
- Elderly people have fear to getting ill and passing away because of poor health and weaker immunity.
How to deal with different mental health situation?
- Parents should deal with the situation calmly and wisely. Patiently answer all of the child's questions to show interest and involvement. Share story, do art and craft activity together, play indoor game to replace the boredom and encourage them to positive and healthy aspects of life.
- Elderly and disabled people depended on family members for their daily needs and physical isolation among family members causes distress and mental trauma in them. Family should do some engaging daily activities together.
- Health workers, caregivers, doctors and nurses working for long hours at the high risk of exposure, away from their family and dealing with dire mental fatigue, loss of smell and taste, aggression and anxiety daily. They need short break for refreshment and regain energy to work efficiently.
Good mental health is the priority to lead a healthy and prosperous life!
Spiritualism is one of the realistic way to deal with mental health. Spiritualism is not about renouncing material possessions, but rather about transcending the limited, material aspect of life.
Refer to Spiritual self-help guide "Threes in Everything" to transform your journey from mental agony to abundance.