How to deal with the psychological problems caused by the epidemic?

The epidemic situation in novel coronavirus is very severe, and with the traditional Spring Festival, it has a wide influence. When the epidemic comes, we usually feel panic and anxiety, especially our comrades in the epidemic area. This is a normal psychological reaction under special circumstances, which will gradually ease with the control of the epidemic. However, if overreaction, panic and anxiety persist, it will have adverse consequences and lead to irrational behavior.

1, hypochondriac, worried about being infected. Some patients with low fever are afraid to go to the hospital for fear of being left behind. Some people feel surrounded by "novel coronavirus", and they are inexplicably nervous when they hear all kinds of epidemic information. Some patients with physical or mental diseases get worse. Some people suspected that they had "pneumonia" and went to the hospital many times, asking the doctor to make a diagnosis and treatment as soon as possible.

2. Nervous and anxious. If you feel uneasy, fidgety, out of control, easily lose your temper, and pay attention to all kinds of relevant information uncontrollably. I always worry that "pneumonia" will come to me and my family. In particular, the families of many of our officers and men are far away, and they are particularly worried about how long the epidemic will be controlled.

3. Depression. Feeling pessimistic, depressed, prone to crying, unhappy, bored, uninterested, loss of appetite or overeating, and some have lost weight.

4, sleep disorders. It is characterized by difficulty in falling asleep, shortened sleep time, disordered sleep mode and poor quality.

5. Symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder. It is difficult to control myself mainly by washing hands repeatedly. Some people have obsessive-compulsive thinking, thinking repeatedly about the serious consequences of novel coronavirus, and feel pain for it.

6. Physical symptoms. When people are under great pressure, bad emotions often turn into physical symptoms, which often include various manifestations of autonomic nervous dysfunction such as physical pain, dizziness, fatigue, dry mouth, low fever, loss of appetite, indigestion and abdominal discomfort.

7. Stress-related physical illness. Constant emotional stress can lead to problems in multiple systems. For example, the respiratory system shows asthma attack, airway foreign body sensation, chest tightness, dry cough and so on. Chronic bronchitis or emphysema begins or worsens. The endocrine and metabolic systems are characterized by metabolic disorder, unstable blood sugar and abnormal thyroid function. The cardiovascular system is characterized by high blood pressure after long-term stress, which induces hypertension, coronary heart disease, angina pectoris and even myocardial infarction. The digestive system shows various gastrointestinal symptoms, such as burping, diarrhea, constipation, digestive tract ulcer and so on.

Some suggestions on self-psychological adjustment and intervention

1, improve cognition.

To understand the relationship between normal psychological reaction and somatic reaction, emotion and somatic symptoms when a major epidemic occurs. On the one hand, actively adjusting the mentality will alleviate the symptoms of somatization, on the other hand, it will help improve your own immunity.

2. Maintain a regular and healthy lifestyle.

Mental health and physical health are inseparable. Regular daily life, healthy diet, proper physical exercise and regular sleep are all beneficial to physical and mental health.