Don’t Ignore These 8 Factors Damaging Your Mental Health Right Now
We’ve been fearing for weeks that the effects of a global pandemic are going to be disastrous for our mental health. Every single one of us is faced with uncertainty, which tends to come with varying levels of anxiety.
There is a huge spotlight on our emotional state as we are all trying to manage our fear, grief, anxiety, and depression. We’ve had a ton of stress dumped on our already weighted-down shoulders, and at the same time lost access to many of our coping mechanisms.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), a popular strategy used by therapists, is based on the understanding that our thoughts directly influence the way we feel. If we can change those thoughts, we’ll feel better. So let’s take a closer look at the smaller pieces that we don’t realize are influencing our overall well-being.
The underlying issues we don’t realize are harmful to our mental health:
Control: When we feel out of control, helpless, or powerless, (common responses to an unprecedented global pandemic) we are desperate to restore that balance. So we try to…
