Why is Covid-19 different from the outbreaks of SARS, Ebola in Sierra Leone, swine flu, TB, and meningitis?

Throughout Covid19, isolation, loneliness, and loss of income are contributing to rising levels of depression.

Addictive behaviours - such as alcohol or substance misuse and gambling have worsened.

However, one particular indirect mental health impact has slipped under the radar...

The fear and anxiety associated with the uncertainty that the pandemic appears to have generated;

Your health - will you get the virus or not.

Uncertainty over the severity of any illness

Uncertainty over the wellbeing of loved ones and when you can next hold them

Uncertainty about employment, income.....the list is endless.

Human beings don't cope great with uncertainty.

Yet we manage fairly well and adapt to bereavement, job loss, relationship breakdown, a cancer diagnosis, and similar because we have to.

Uncertainty is a different beast, creating stress and anxiety that people can find intolerable.

The approach I use shows us that whilst it appears that we live in a thought-generated experience of the world, that isn't so.

It's how we think about external situations that lead to our feelings about them.

We only need to look at our social media feed and 'see' how many different thoughts and opinions there are about the virus - yet the virus is the same 'external' form for everyone.

Professor Anthony Kessel (Clinical Director at NHS HQ) wrote a wonderful article in December 2020 to give clarity as to how the 'new' approach I use can help individuals who are suffering from the intense negative emotions they are experiencing.  You can read it by clicking here. 

If you haven't watched my free class yet, please click here to see how this approach has supported me and transformed my life.