Since the Second world war, there had been no challenge to Germany, the it depended so much on the common solidarity in Action, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said in one of your Speeches on the Corona-crisis.
Uncertainty seems to be at present the dominant feeling. How do we handle it?
“The Corona-crisis changed the social fabric considerably”, says the brain researcher and author Achim Peters.
“So far, the poor suffered especially under conditions of uncertainty, today almost all people are affected by it. However, it is to be feared that the Coronavirus is particularly true of the economic and educational status of the Weaker, and thus the gap between the Poor and the rich even more magnified.”
Corona-crisis triggers toxic Stress
Stress to perform is always when people are in a threatening Situation could not answer the question of life, explained Peters.
“Which of my strategy in options should I choose to have my future body to ensure physical, mental and social well-being? In the present Corona-crisis, almost all people are unsure of how to answer this question.”
So-called toxic Stress arising when the uncertainty leave in the course of time, not resolve, for example: loneliness, separation or financial worries.
“A lot of work today, precarious work situations, with fixed-term contracts in firms and sectors that are in crisis. The Corona remains-crisis unsolved, and it takes longer than a year, many people experience toxic Stress,” says Peters.
“Due to chronic Congestion of the brain metabolism, then it comes to an energy redistribution in the human body: The brain gets the most, the body mass decreases, the internal belly fat is increasing and it increases the risk of complications such as heart attack, stroke, Depression, Alzheimer’s and Diabetes.”
Together through the crisis
In spite of everything, the psychologist and therapist Stefanie taught steel some hope: There is a lot of studies about the collective, the expert had a chic bear sale to be better than the fate of individuals, says.
“If the uncertainty concerns only as a single person, and all around life goes on, it is difficult to bear as if the entire community is affected,” says the expert.
“If all of the questions, as it more – for example, financially – then this idea holds for the individual, a small consolation.”
As long as there is no concrete Exit plans from the current Situation was, is all this very distressing, says steel.
“A good head hygiene is helpful in that I got rid of so troublesome thoughts quickly. Then I set the focus deliberately on other subjects, and especially on the Here and Now.”
Otherwise you lose quickly in some scenarios. “And fear scenarios have in common, play somewhere in the future and not in the Here and Now.”
Who have very specific Concerns – to its own operation, for example – should try to stop disaster, think, and try to immediately think in solutions, but also not from morning to evening, but also change timeouts.
Shopping list against the fear
A great help could it also be, how to act while shopping.
“When you go shopping and you need to buy 30 items and you have a list of not shopping, then your brain is constantly busy trying to think of these 30 cases, in order not to forget anything and to keep control. But if you have a list, then you can turn your brain on to other things, because it knows that everything is up piece of paper. So that’s a relief.”
This Trick can also be applied to Fears.
“I am the day, say, 10 to 20 minutes in order to write all and only what is dedicate myself then. And then, when bad thoughts come, I say to my brain: we have to write everything down, nothing is lost.”
Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa)
*The contribution of “Stress due to the Corona-crisis: How to overcome fear, and uncertainty,” is published by FitForFun. Contact with the executives here.