“Am I positive? Am I in contact? What if I become unemployed and lose my income?” The thought of contracting the virus basically increased the anxiety level in people. The common feeling of the society about the virus was that the level of anxiety increased. Inevitably, we started to think of sentences containing "I wonder" many times throughout the day. Sometimes we could not resist these thoughts, and sometimes we tried to calm ourselves and continue our lives. We can say that the most obvious effect of this process on us is that our anxiety level has increased, even if it is due to different reasons.
There have been behaviors that everyone has eliminated or taken a break from their lives for about a year. Many habits had to be abandoned. While our culture is a society that likes to be together and live as an extended family, we had to transition to a more individualistic life or a nuclear family. We can say that, as a society, we missed socializing the most in this process.
It would not be wrong to say that the coronavirus has affected all people from seven to seventy. Unfortunately, it affected everyone, from children to adults, from our parents to our grandparents.
As a result of all these effects, people inevitably began to experience symptoms of depression or depression. In this process, individual support requests began to mostly concern depression and anxiety disorders. In general, symptoms of depression include the desire to constantly sleep, excessive weight gain or weight loss, inactivity, feeling of fatigue, loss of appetite.
In this process, we can list lack of communication as the first reason why married couples apply for psychological support. Couples who have been married for many years or newlyweds have moved into a lifestyle they are not used to. Although the idea of constantly being next to each other and spending all 24 hours together at home was attractive at the beginning of the pandemic, this situation later brought about communication problems and intolerance. We can say that the feeling that married couples lack the most is that they do not have individual space within the same house.
In order to protect mental health during the pandemic, both individually and as couples, we need to continue our daily routines at home or isolated outside, even if limited, as much as possible. living in the same house We recommend that couples or individuals at different stages of life create separate rooms where they can create a private space for themselves, and leave chat areas at the end of the day where they can share what they did during the day. Even if we are at home, we need to take care to do our daily exercise, pay attention to our nutrition, dress in a way that makes us feel valuable, pay attention to our personal care, and try to do activities that family members or household members can participate in. As socialization activities, video chats in the digital environment or short-term meetings can be held in open areas while maintaining social distance.
It is beneficial for our main idea to be living the moment in the activities we do during the pandemic. Inevitably, everyone makes comparisons with the past. Comparing with the past will make us feel unhappy in the present. While we used to spend time with friends, spouses, friends or relatives all day long, this time is almost non-existent during the pandemic period. However, in this process, our need for that so-called non-existent time is more than ever for our psychology. That's why we should enjoy the moment we live, even if only a little, without making comparisons.
Finally, we should not hesitate to get support from an expert when we feel that we are having difficulty coping with the negative emotions and thoughts we experience in this process. Let's not forget that our soul needs support from time to time, just like our body.
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