Deconfinement and psychological coping
Since the state of alarm began we have been confined at home for weeks. Many days have passed and in them many things. We have been able to experience situations in which the protagonists have
Since the state of alarm began we have been confined at home for weeks. Many days have passed and in them many things. We have been able to experience situations in which the protagonists have been joy, sadness, frustration, anger, etc. always so necessary for our emotional functioning.
Coping during deconfinement
Author: Almudena Naranjo, health psychologist
A good management of them allows us to face the events that arise in a positive way, identifying them, accepting them is not synonymous with weakness, but quite the opposite.
But now, the time has come for another change: lack of confidence, which causes relief for some, uncertainty or even fear for others.
What is clear is that things are not going to be the way they were before, at least for some time we will have to adapt to this new stage and accept that what we understood as normal is not going to be the same. But what can we do to make it better?
- – The first thing is to accept that the changes are just that, changes. Normally we tend to perceive changes as negative because it is difficult for us to leave our comfort zone, and we do not realize that on many occasions in these changes we find the "magic" that makes us have new opportunities.
- – Treat ourselves with care, remember other situations in which we have had to go through similar times and see how we have succeeded, try to implement strategies that have previously been useful to us, we will surely find them.
- – Set goals and objectives. Depending on where we want to get to, we can start with short-term goals. If we are afraid of contagion, then start going out to run small errands. If we have lost our job, start an active search, etc. It depends on what your goals are, so you will have to set the goals.
- – Have a sense of responsibility, solidarity and social awareness. These three aspects are very important to feel part of society and of that social participation that "has almost disappeared" during confinement. Now we can make sense of our social self by being an active and responsible part of the actions we are told to carry out in terms of hand hygiene, social distance, use of masks, etc.
- – Be cautious and not be in a hurry. We must not forget everything we have left behind because there are many people who have died, devastated families, tired, frustrated and hurt professionals. Let's continue to be an example and do things right.
If confinement must have taught us anything, it is that there is time for everything, we are seeing hope, we have to be positive, really value what we have and make it grow constructively because if we are well we can carry out beautiful and full projects of life.
At the Lovexair Foundation we have created the #CONCIENCIA social support line to serve all those people, and especially people with respiratory diseases, who have doubts during the pandemic caused by #COVID19 so that during confinement and de-escalation they can access rigorous information by our team of experts in respiratory physiotherapy. The particularity of this line of social support is that it attends to anyone who needs it through all the Foundation's channels, even by teleconference if necessary.
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