Health online 丨 Epidemium sealing and controlling life is disrupted. What should I do if I am worried about anxiety?Psychologist to support

Cover Journalist Ning Zhi

Chengdu's "8 · 25" local epidemic was fierce. As of 24:00 on August 29, a total of 115 high -risk areas and 107 medium -risk areas have been reported.

Many people's lives are closed and controlled, and they cannot work normally. Daily life is also disrupted. It is inevitable that irritability, worry, fear, anxiety, and anger. How to ensure mental health at home? Geng Ting, the Heart Medical Center of Chengdu Fourth People's Hospital, supports everyone.

Geng Ting said that under the influence of the epidemic, we will have negative emotions such as anxiety, fear, and anger. This is a very natural response. You don't have to be too strong to keep your own calmness, and depression will affect the subsequent pressure resistance.

"You can find an appropriate vent, such as calling friends to talk, or writing a diary to record your emotions; establish a communication group with people of the same situation, communicate with each other, encourage each other to enhance confidence, meet challenges together, reduce loneliness and fear The psychology. "Geng Ting said.

Third, we must rationally obtain authoritative epidemic information. "We will all reduce uncertainty by collecting information, but early experience of the epidemic tells us that excessive attention will only be counterproductive and more anxious." Geng Ting said that we must trust and pay attention to the information released by the official platform. Avoid unnecessary panic, let alone information that cannot be determined at will.

In addition, we must maintain a routine and balanced diet. "Make a regular schedule for yourself, and maintain your life status at the same level as much as possible: there are working hours, rest periods, entertainment periods, exercise periods, meals, etc. Go to handle work, social, and return to the bedroom. "

Geng Ting believes that stability is very important for dealing with unknown. Maintaining nutritional balance and sufficient sleep helps improve immunity. Proper exercise helps reduce spiritual tension and increase confidence in cope with crisis. "Don't think that you can be upside down day and night. When you want to sleep, you can eat and eat. After the rules of life are broken, it is very easy to cause the mind and body problems such as sleep rhythm disorders, gastrointestinal dysfunction."

Finally, during the isolation period, you can learn some methods of self -adjusting psychology to eliminate panic and anxiety. A better self -adjusting technology includes: abdominal breathing, music relaxation method, Tai Chi, eight sections, yoga, etc. The space for these activities is not large, which is convenient to do at home. Generally, in a quiet environment, specific actions are completed as required. Through repeated exercises, you can learn to control your own psychological and physiological activities to achieve the lower level of wake -up, enhance adaptability, and adjust the physiological psychological dysfunction due to excessive tension. At the same time, under the pressure of the epidemic, when there is negative emotions or practical problems that are difficult to solve, actively seek help from family members and friends.

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