February 22, 2020

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【疫境自強】搶米搶廁紙難以填補心靈空虛

#疫境中大家要照顧好自己的情緒
#多關心家人朋友的需要
#星期六放輕身心

放下手機調節情緒
因為新型冠狀病毒肺炎肆虐，改變了大家的生活模式。
望著口罩用一個少一個，彷彿患了「口罩缺貨焦慮症」。
洗手次數是以往的十倍甚至數十倍，彷彿患了「病毒出沒恐懼症」。
收到「超市內部消息」又要去搶白米廁紙消毒液，彷彿患了「囤貨不足憂慮症」。
Home Office辦公時間有開工無收工，頻看WhatsApp生怕遺漏任何訊息，彷彿患了「繼續Home Office驚恐症」。
中醫理論認為「怒傷肝、思傷脾、憂傷肺、恐傷腎」，當我們怕會感染到肺炎之前，早就被自己情緒弄致五勞七傷。
人在焦慮恐懼的情況下，分辨訊息真偽的能力就會下降，然後令我們情緒愈發焦慮。當我們感到焦慮時，不如放下手機，暫停腦海中的思考，專注進行深呼吸，觀察及感受身體的感覺，又或者做做運動，勿讓焦急衝動的情緒衝昏頭腦，接收資訊時放慢速度，有助我們作出更理智的反應。如果發現情緒受困擾，建議尋求專業人士協助處理。

Take a break from your phone
The outbreak of COVID-19 has changed many people’s habits.
Some are anxious about face mask availability as they have less and less of them. 
Others are afraid of germs so they wash their hands 10 or more times more than before.
Some scramble to lay their hands on rice, toilet paper and disinfectant when receiving “inside information from supermarket”. They are worried about lack of stock.
There is no off time when people work from home. People have to worry about missing WhatsApp messages, and may develop fear of working from home. 
Chinese medicine believes that anger hurts the liver, anxiety hurts the spleen, worry hurts the lungs, fears hurts the kidneys. While they are worrying about getting infected with COVID-19, their body is already affected by emotions.
When people are anxious and in fear, they cannot distinguish right from wrong well. Then they will become more anxious. When you feel anxious, you may need to put down your phone, stop thinking and take a deep breath, observe and feel the body, or do exercise. Do not let the anxious emotions take over your mind. Slow down when receiving information. It helps us to make a more rational response. If you experience emotional distress, it is recommended to seek professional support.

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