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Statistics

In 2020, 40% of americans were struggling with some mental issue in June. COVID aggravated this - to 66% by October. [1]
About 1/4 of the world's children live in war or conflict zones [2]? This will have profound implications on mental health.

This source lists lack of exercise as the first cause of bad mental health. [3]
In general for your mental health - this source says perfectionism is the biggest threat to your mental health - [4]
This source lists exercise and journaling as 2 best steps to mental health [5].
Be careful about social media and war coverage - it's dangerous to your mental health - [6]
1 of 6 americans started therapy with COVID situation in 2020 - [7]
Be careful of vicarious trauma - people who view secondhand can have the same symptoms as those individuals directly involved in the terror.
We are hard wired to zoom in on terror because it can help us survive. So it's important to zoom out - conscious effort to focus on the positive.

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 *Be careful about social media and war coverage - it's dangerous to your mental health - [https://time.com/6155630/ukraine-war-social-media-mental-health/]
 *1 of 6 americans started therapy with COVID situation in 2020 - [https://www.forbes.com/sites/bryanrobinson/2022/03/08/how-the-war-in-ukraine-is-affecting--our-work-health-with-7-prevention-tips/?sh=7048c5e82e41]
+*Be careful of '''vicarious trauma''' - people who view secondhand can have the same symptoms as those individuals directly involved in the terror.
+*We are hard wired to zoom in on terror because it can help us survive. So it's important to zoom out - '''conscious effort to focus on the positive'''.