Irritability, cynicism, mood swings, difficulties in controlling one's emotions, apathy, silence, sadness, fatigue, lack of momentum and empathy ... But also early awakenings, weight gain, loss of appetite, poor behavior. avoidance, or physical pain without explanation such as migraines or lumbago.
When these symptoms set in over time for ourselves or our loved ones, it's best to act before they get worse.
Build virtuous habits.
Going out on the phone, going shopping rather than ordering and reserving moments for yourself, sanctuarized during the day, are invaluable reflexes.
“We can rethink our pace of life according to the constraints to try to make it more pleasant, and make sure to keep rewarding activities, whether artistic, sporting, or social,” suggests psychologist Guillaume Lugez.
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Reconnect with the notion of pleasure.
Go for a massage?
Plan a weekend with friends?
An evening of listening to music that we love?
“We have to think about what makes us feel good, set pleasant and motivating deadlines as a reward for a day or a week of work”, intimate Marina Bourgeois, consultant in professional retraining and burnout prevention.
Reduce the pressure on youth.
Anxiety takes particular forms in the youngest: obsessive rituals for children, impulsive decisions for adolescents, according to Marie Rose Moro.
The child psychiatrist advises "to reduce the pressure at school, to spare them free time to play sports, activities that they like, and not to lock them up at home".
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Resocialize in a reasonable way.
To break a dynamic of withdrawal favored by health constraints, Stéphanie Orain-Pelissolo invites her patients "to see each other in groups of four to six people on weekends, or by sleeping with each other".
"Plunged into pessimism, people no longer think about it, but it's important to find lightness by sharing a good lunch or a walk," insists the psychologist.
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Exchange to get out of loneliness.
"With the maximum of security, I advise the youngest to organize moments to meet, even if it means then forcing themselves to isolation or to be tested", recommends Patrice Huerre.
"Discussing our difficulties with others helps us overcome the feeling of loneliness, linked to the fact that no one exposes their depression on social networks", underlines the psychiatrist.