How to cope with your fear of the Coronavirus?

Many of us perceive the conoravirus as a serious illness or threat of death. Do you aware that this is considered as a form of traumatic event too?

People can develop acute stress response after experiencing one or more traumatic events. A traumatic event can cause significant physical, emotional, or psychological harm.

A person with acute stress response experiences psychological distress immediately following a traumatic event. Unlike PTSD, acute stress disorder is a temporary condition, and symptoms typically persist for at least 3 to 30 days after the traumatic event.

Acute stress response can trigger symptoms of anxiety or depression or both.

Symptoms of anxiety include:

-feeling a sense of impending doom

-excessive worrying

-difficulty concentrating

-fatigue

-restlessness

-racing thoughts

Symptoms of depression include:

-persistent feelings of hopelessness, sadness, or numbness

-fatigue

-crying unexpectedly

-loss of interest in activities that were once pleasurable

-changes in appetite or body weight

-thoughts of suicide or self-harm

What can you do about it now?

- Be mindful, focus on the task at hand

- Differentiate your unhealthy worry vs healthy worry (Each time avoid to spend more than 30 minute in worry)

- STOP google your symptoms

- REDUCE your social media news-reading time

- Seek for help if you need it

More info about the Acute Stress Response: 

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/324354#symptoms