How do we feel good in front of these news that scares us?

Every week looks at its share of new anxiety -information. With women’s rights, which are disturbing day by day in some countries like Afghanistan, for “Russian threats”, which French President Emmanuel Maron says during his speech on 5 March that “the threat of this world has to face the danger, the viewer will be made as madness”, we deserve what we are waiting for. And to worry about it.

In addition, this question already burns the lips of our most optimistic friends: “How to do well when everything is happening badly”? And how do we feel good at this time, hovering the threat of a potential “third world war”, crippling our immediate and future projects?

Solidly, how does it get out of a sense of fear and helplessness?

This period is particularly adjacent to the proximity and danger of ice. It reacts to the principle of “The Proximity Law or The Law of the Dead kilometer”, a journalist theory that reflects the link between the information reader’s interest, which will make them feel more or less worried according to its proximity in relation to the subject.

Thus, priority for someone who is affected by information is to bet, to significantly reduce the consumption of his information, and to avoid continuous flow on all, to be able to move back to the situation in general. And to control his access to information, to reduce his feeling of helplessness.

We are not all the same in front of stressful news

It is already explained in an article in Antony Pelisollo, Insrm (Paris-Est Cretele Val-Day-Marne University), in an article in the media, in an article in the media. Regarding the result on the mental health of the population in a crisis, in the context of a planet, he said: “Most of us are able to deal with this type of context, which are developing a form of residence, even flexibility.

However, not everyone is tied on this subject. “10 to 15 % individuals have a strong initial sensitivity for stress, due to pre -existing deformity, and 25 to 30 % weakened by these conditions at the end when they are final”. This can result in “anxiety attacks, sleep disorders, tiredness”. “These states can cause significant sorrows that should be taken into consideration. Especially since one in five people can develop a real depression situation, due to this type of predecessor and/or stresses. This is why, if you feel stressed that you consume you through your loved ones and even through health professionals, do not hesitate to help.

Tips to feel good right now

Return to the present moment: “Estimates are twice the victim”, as Japanese Zen Buddhist Taisen Deshmaru said. Instead of preparing the worst, go back to an anchoring. Here it is a question of going to the day to day management, returning to the very solid.

“In general, the idea is to manage day -day, to anchor itself in the present time. This is not a question of denying, rather than proceeding in small steps, as you go: it may be necessary to face more complex problems when the day arrives, but by focusing on the elements of the present, on which we can work on, “Antony Pelisollo.

• Take care of yourself: “It is usually applied to combat stress and anxiety, whatever reasons, clearly also work in this situation: relaxation, breathing practice, sports, yoga, walking, meditation, artistic activities …”. So many mean that some people have already used during the health crisis. “These approaches, if possible, in contact with nature, reduce the level of average stress and generate positive emotions that promote welfare”.
• Join others: It may be possible to keep things in perspective and add distance by sharing your discomfort, sharing your feelings, sharing your feelings. It is also possible to have a mental health professional to get through this period. Finally, to fight against the spirit of helplessness, it is also possible to consider taking action in various ways: for example by giving his time in a local association.
• Find something that allows you to escape: Take one or more brakes to get away from the screen. If you are emotional about cinema, reading, sports or weaving, color … then don’t hesitate to get back! The idea is that (again) find a moment of flow, to calm down.

Can we go well when everything goes bad?

In the end, it should be noted that we have the right to wish to go well, in a world where everything is going badly. And that all means good to try to calm down. Historian and psychoanalytic élizabeth Roudinesco partially defined that this article for psychologists “what was well” to go well: “Everything can feel good when everything is bad, or feels bad when everything is alright”. There is no rules related to their sense of internal appeasement. “Nobody is able to answer for all others. Because there can be no expert in the field of survival ”.

The evaluation of our internal state can only go through us, no one can know better than us who can touch us at the point of making ourselves bad, as we know better than anyone who can do good to us. The key to feeling better, so he will reside itself. Now you have some tracks for him.