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'Positive', addressing fears and fragility of a pandemic

2020-07-08T09:42:27.089Z


Between virus impact and psychosocial and emotional consequences (ANSA)A book that "tries to make sense of all this confusion". So Piero Chiambretti, also reflecting on the experience of infection and the loss of his mother due to Covid-19, describes, in the preface, 'Positive - Finding yourself after the emotional distress caused by the pandemic (Publiedit, pp 160, 10.90 euro), signed essay by Maria Emilia Bonaccorso, deputy editor in chief of ANSA's Specialists, ex...


A book that "tries to make sense of all this confusion". So Piero Chiambretti, also reflecting on the experience of infection and the loss of his mother due to Covid-19, describes, in the preface, 'Positive - Finding yourself after the emotional distress caused by the pandemic (Publiedit, pp 160, 10.90 euro), signed essay by Maria Emilia Bonaccorso, deputy editor in chief of ANSA's Specialists, expert in health, medicine and health systems and Massimo Cozza, psychiatrist and Director of the Department of Mental Health ASL Roma 2, arriving in the online Bookstores (including the website of the publishing house ) and in bookstores.
    The volume (for which the two authors fully devote their economic rights to the National Institute for Infectious Diseases Lazzaro Spallanzani) explores the impact of the virus and the psychosocial and emotional consequences of pandemic life.
    By combining data and analysis (there are the contributions of Massimo Biondi and Maria Rita Parsi), they also offer paths to recognize the psychological warning signs to watch out for, suggestions to face fears and live more serenely, in this difficult phase, your own daily.
    Faced with the emergency "with all the fragility of an increasingly individualized society in front of us, we realized that if everyone had thought only of themselves, the pandemic would have overwhelmed us - underline Bonaccorso and Cozza -. But this new humanism of cohesion is also a unique and extraordinary opportunity to start taking care of our mind and our life ". The starting point is precisely one of the central words of the last few months: 'positive', which "can return to assume its original, good, heartening connotation, even in the clinical-diagnostic sense, if we attribute it to the discovery, through the serological analysis, of having developed the antibodies to the infection ". You can also try to live quarantine as a unique opportunity "to pass from" I have to ", which digging in our mind often hides" I want ", to" I can "". Through activities such as reading, communicating on the phone with friends or relatives, acquiring new skills.
    The volume returns to the beginning of the lockdown in Italy, March 9, 2020 and to the most common reactions it has triggered. From the sense of cohesion to anger, from irrational fears to the anxiety of contagion that can lead to compulsive behaviors. Emotions also fueled by what is called an 'infodemic', amid rain data, star virologists and the multiplication of insights and comments on all media, from news programs to social media. A bulimia that has made us more vulnerable to fake news too.
    We all live in varying degrees the emotional impact of the coronavirus, but there are "alarm bells" to look out for. These include the onset of eating and sleep disorders; sudden mood swings; new signs of the body, from difficulty concentrating to excessive sweating. Signals to be addressed first by talking about it, both with close people and, if fears begin to invade our lives, with professional medical figures (the book includes a list of useful numbers).
    For those who have experienced the pain caused by the pandemic more directly, such as health workers or relatives of victims, guilt and nightmares can be among the symptoms of a real survivor syndrome, which in psychological terms can certainly be linked to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Another consequence may be, after the lockdown, the so-called hut syndrome, that is, the fear of going out again, to resume the former activities, to measure oneself with one's own expectations and with those of others, with one's own tasks. To get out of it, it may be useful "a policy of small steps, gradually getting used again, starting from the first explorations limited in time and space in the most known and frequented places before, without fear of being helped, possibly having a trusted person by your side".
    If a virus "has changed the world now we can perhaps change something in our lives, with a little more awareness of how much strength is hidden behind a mask (and even a mask) of apparent fragility".
    (HANDLE).

Source: ansa

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