When we look at the events that have happened since the beginning of 2020 in our country; We see that many negative events such as natural disasters, epidemics, accidents, terrorist attacks, violence against women and child abuse pave the way for social traumas. While the widespread use of technology will facilitate people's access to all kinds of news, seeing, hearing and interpreting events can be psychologically negative. has become effective. Human beings are by nature a bio-psycho-social being. When evaluated as a whole, being a healthy individual in biological, social and psychological fields will bring happiness and the ability to cope with problems more easily.
Excessive anxiety. It makes our lives difficult
Events in society affect people directly or indirectly. Mental and physical health are a whole. Many events taking place in the world and in our society deeply affect the mental health of the population and cause them to experience a permanent anxiety about the future. Useful when anxiety is minimal. However, excessive anxiety makes our lives difficult and can disrupt the balance of our immune system by affecting our sleeping and eating patterns.
Since the beginning of 2020, consecutive negative events have caused people to worry about the future. Constantly thinking about the worst, repeating negative scenarios in the mind, and uncertainty about the future are among the most important factors that increase anxiety. It is not possible to say anything clearly because it is not known when, where and how the events will occur.
Events affect us all. However, rather than the event, the meaning attributed to the event leads people to anxiety.
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Ways to cope with anxiety
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*In order to recognize the situation you are experiencing, look at how you feel. Focus, describe the emotion you feel
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*Evaluate your thoughts, make a list of the accuracy and wrongness of your thoughts that make you think that this will always happen
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* Believe that you can manage anxiety
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* Pay attention to your sleep and nutrition patterns
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*Do not constantly follow the news if it affects you negatively
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*Try to do physical exercise, exercise regularly Reduces stress and anxiety increase and put it into action,
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*Just as regret from the past or "I wish" sentences can create anxiety, uncertainty about the future also creates anxiety. This is why it is important to live in the moment. Now, think about what you are doing right now. Cope with anxiety by activating your physical sensations….
Mental and physical health cannot be considered separately from each other, they are a whole. Take care of your soul and body...It pushes you to remember and create anxiety by experiencing the expectation that this fear will come true. We do not have the ability to stop thoughts, but we can produce alternative thoughts to thoughts, change our existingcognitive distortions and cope with anxiety. strong>
Examples of these thoughts through cognitive distortions
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“Everything will be bad, 2020 is bad It started and it will always be like this”
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“Something can happen at any moment, now something will definitely happen to us”
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“Somehow, no matter what "No matter what I do, nothing will change."
Usually in such sentences, overgeneralization, catastrophizing (thinking about the worst outcome of the event and focusing on it), catastrophizing is being done.
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