Mental health in pandemic

We all might have experienced this lockdown in a million different ways. For some it might have been calm to the storm but for other's it might have been like a leech that's sucking everything out of them. As the novel corona virus gushed into the world, everything went upside down. People, the places, the economy and anything that you can point on has had some of the major changes it hasn't had in the past 21 years. Most importantly the effect that this virus has had on our lives is impeccable. While some of us had the best time of our lives in the house lockdown the others were dealing with their own issues. A major effect of this lockdown has been on the teenagers and the working class people. With the onset of the pandemic we could see mental health warning signs throughout the population. The pandemic had an adverse effect on our mental health issues, fear of isolation and the fear of being caught by the virus. Researchers compared the studies of the past pandemic and disaster and the result shows that 50% of people may experience anxiety, depression and a few may also experience post- traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).People already trying to cope with their mental health issues like anxiety, mood disorders, abuse, phobias had an exacerbation of symptoms due to this pandemic. People all over the world were worried and a sense of fear was spread across all. Studies have shown that Frontline healthcare workers and people in communities with high infection rate were feared a lot more than others. A lot of us were worried about our jobs, fear of getting the virus and nearly every situation. This situation could also revive memories of old traumas in some people. The use of porn and the Internet to cope with the dullness and anxiety of the days could turn to addiction, leaving behind a permanent adverse impact even after the lockdown is over. Such stress and anxiety does not only affect our mental health but also reduces our lifestyle quality and have a major risk on our health. Depression on the other hand has its own risk factor that is sleep disorders and eating disorders. Depression is nothing but a mood disorder that causes persistent feeling of sadness and a loss of interests in our day to day activities. The main reason to be upset or depressed during the pandemic is loss of jobs, effects on studies and the major one could be the battle of survival. People who have been living away from home have been feeling a wave of loneliness and homesickness. As they did not have anyone to talk to and spend time with, they felt lonely and felt the need to have someone besides them. Losing a loved one in the pandemic was the worst part of it. People couldn't even see their loved ones faces before being cremated. It's not that people have only been suffering but there's also been some ways they are trying to cope with everything. There's different ways people tried to cope with their mental health issues during the lockdown some of which is spending quality time with family, taking naps, cooking your favorite food or just simply doing something that makes you happy. People have had their own coping mechanism and it all seemed to work a little for them. Mental health issues all over the world during this pandemic had spiked. In all of this there's one major issue that was rising was the availability of professionals who help us with our mental health issues. Apart from this entire situation, have we thought about the post effects of Pandemic? While most of us would lead a normal life like before some of other's will deal with issues such as fear of being touched, consuming too much alcohol, fear of losing their jobs and much more. Studies have shown that people, who survived the COVID, may suffer from mental health issues such as depression, anxiety, PTSD or paranoia. Apart from the problems mentioned above people who have survived the virus may also face discrimination and people may fear to be around them even after they have recovered from the virus long back. Some people might also deal with OCD- obsessive compulsive disorder, and would keep sanitizing their hands and cleaning them often even after the pandemic is over. There will be vast difference in the behavior of people, their mental health and their way to look at life would change. Well the worst part about having mental health issues is that you're seemingly required to have a breakdown in order to understand how hard you were trying to hold yourself together.