Fan the Flames

The consequences of becoming stressed these days by some reasons such as quarantine, lockdown, self-isolation, loss of work, education, and income is the problem arising in the mental health conditions of every individual. As stress and anxiety slowly affect most of the population, many studies say that they are experiencing some kind of level of pain. Safety and protocols are being established to specify groups of people that are in more risk to catch Covid-19, limiting the usual activities where people are accustomed to, and restricting individuals that have conditions in their mental health and have illness. The continuation of this kind of scenario, front liners are more likely to experience some issues on their physical and mental health well-being as they are the first one who experience and are more exposed to traumatic and stressful conditions of this wide-spreading epidemic.

"Suffering a lot from the start of this pandemic is having no choice but to begin taking antidepressants. Just going to the store is kind of terrifying as you can't almost see anyone but then after slowly seeing people again is still difficult as you're used to being isolated between four walls and unable to leave causing you to feel nervous and have a lot of anxiety." -World Health Organization

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REFERENCE:

World Health Organization (2021) New WHO expert group to identify gaps and solutions to the mental health impacts of COVID-19. Retrieved from https://www.euro.who.int/en/health-topics/noncommunicable-diseases/mental-health/news/news/2021/2/new-who-expert-group-to-identify-gaps-and-solutions-to-the-mental-health-impacts-of-covid-19