Curious mind and Corona: Combating psychological resilience
For the past few days, life has taken an interesting twist as you wake up reading about various updates of the coronavirus on social media. Today, the world is turning to isolation as this viral illness is declared a global emergency. In the past one month, the growing epidemic of the coronavirus has created havoc among every human being on the planet. What is this virus and how is it going to affect everyone, is there testing or treatment for this illness, what does isolation actually mean - are a few top questions on everyone’s mind. In reality, it has made a huge impact on everyone as people are panicking and even afraid to meet or greet each other.
Social media updates are creating more kiosks. All businesses are seeing the demand wane, people are worried about their jobs and it is difficult for the curious mind to process what is the right way to deal with the ongoing stress and trying to predict the future. This anxiety is causing more people to get sick and everyone wants to seek immediate help. Every physician standing on the front line is trying to help patients to solve the mystery of what kind of illness do they have while risking their own health.
The bottom line is that there is no treatment available yet for coronavirus and the best option is to isolate and take basic precautions. Amidst all this anxiety, have you ever thought about how is your curious mind dealing with the global crisis? Are you depressed sitting at home or worrying about what if the virus will hit you? Or you are worried about your job or business or what is going to happen in the future?
After being stressed myself and having a few sleepless nights, I realized we always talk about stress affecting our body and immune system. When there is too much inflammation inside our own system, the body attacks its own healthy cells and this can in turn trigger an infection. In this current situation, even though it is so natural to be stressed, one must understand that this is what we need us to isolate from. Our curious mind can turn out to be a harmful trigger provoking the virus and our psychological resilience is very crucial at this time.
Therefore, calm down and take the first step to isolate yourself from your own flight of fear so that your body remains healthy to fight the external triggers. Currently, the powerful and effective treatment is self-care and use this time to unwind yourself from the daily stressful schedule and rejuvenate your soul.
Our goal is to embrace the power of positive thinking. Self-Isolation is not a punishment. It just means that you must do the needful to protect yourself and your loved ones. Fight fearlessly and comfort your curious mind with positivism and resilience. Let us all become a TEAM (Together Everyone Achieves More) and HELP TO FLATTEN THE CURVE.
