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*In 2020, 40% of americans were struggling with some mental issue in June. COVID aggravated this - to 66% by October. [https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/our-brains-explain-the-seasons-sadness] | *In 2020, 40% of americans were struggling with some mental issue in June. COVID aggravated this - to 66% by October. [https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/our-brains-explain-the-seasons-sadness] | ||
*'''About 1/4 of the world's children''' live in war or conflict zones [https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2022/3/31/how-is-the-ukraine-war-affecting-childrens-mental-health]? This will have profound implications on mental health. | *'''About 1/4 of the world's children''' live in war or conflict zones [https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2022/3/31/how-is-the-ukraine-war-affecting-childrens-mental-health]? This will have profound implications on mental health. | ||
*10% of people will have serious mental health problems, and another 10% will not function effectively - as a result of war trauma. This includes those consuming media! Note that in 9/11, observers were as just as likely to develop trauma symptoms as those who lived in NYC at the time. [https://healthcare.utah.edu/hmhi/news/2022/war-mental-health.php#:~:text=The%20World%20Health%20Organization%20(WHO,.%22%20Depression%2C%20anxiety%2C%20and] | |||
=Keeping Good Mental Health= | =Keeping Good Mental Health= | ||
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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/] | *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] | *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'''. | |||
Latest revision as of 14:19, 7 May 2022
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.
- 10% of people will have serious mental health problems, and another 10% will not function effectively - as a result of war trauma. This includes those consuming media! Note that in 9/11, observers were as just as likely to develop trauma symptoms as those who lived in NYC at the time. [3]
Keeping Good Mental Health
- This source lists lack of exercise as the first cause of bad mental health. [4]
- In general for your mental health - this source says perfectionism is the biggest threat to your mental health - [5]
- This source lists exercise and journaling as 2 best steps to mental health [6].
- Be careful about social media and war coverage - it's dangerous to your mental health - [7]
- 1 of 6 americans started therapy with COVID situation in 2020 - [8]
- 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.