How to Overcome Stress, Mental Challenges This Pandemic

A new year has just begun and most, if not all, want to pursue 2022 with a clean slate and joy in their hearts. However, many emotions and concerns still arise due to the pandemic. The strict health guidelines and the holiday rush may also bring unsolicited stress on many people. Because of this, motivational speaker and behavioral expert Paul Mckenna shares contributing aspects that could get many individuals to keep their mental health stabilized throughout the ongoing pandemic.

How to Survive Mental Challenges During Pandemic by Paul McKenna

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LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 08: Paul McKenna speaks on stage as he joins BUILD for a live interview at their London studio on February 8, 2017, in London, United Kingdom.

The surge of the coronavirus in many countries allowed many people to acquire unfamiliar skills and train to rely on themselves. It has been two years since the pandemic hit, and people who knew that they were already acquainted with the situation are still being followed by a lot of uncertainty that heavily requires immediate responses.

The months of living under public health protocols and mandates pushed many to rely on their brain region known as the amygdala. This part is responsible for polar decisions that a person should take. Triggering the natural flight or fight response on this part for almost more than the expected changes could stimulate the amygdala more than it could sustain, which leads to abuse and stress.

Although there were available solutions that global health institutes and thousands of scientists have presented, the concern over the personal health and situation of families under the horrors of COVID-19 is still imminent. The unending routines to fit in the 'new-normal' already becomes tiring, and numerous people need help.

Paul Mckenna offers potential methods to help people from the exhaustion they feel over switching their amygdala on and off. His approach could help the mentally stressed fight off the impending threats of anxiety and depression. The expert curated the solutions based on the dominant experiences that individuals have gone through for two years.

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Though Process, Inner Voice, and Personal Feelings

Although Mckenna believes that certain people might not have the energy to pattern their lifestyles through his instructions, the expert suggested imitating the thought process of Albert Einstein. With this step, people won't solve any arithmetics but rather absorb the scientist's skill to have him going along many possibilities. According to the steps presented in a DailyMail report, making each of the perspectives counts in and out of both fruitful and unfortunate decisions could help a person reveal the approach.

Another method that McKenna suggests is to reconcile with the 'inner voice' present in oneself. Specifying how this aspect manifests in the brain could help people talk to themselves and organize their personal decisions. Confidence and reliability on their own may also be exercised and established by this approach throughout time.

Feelings are good expressions of how humans respond to an event. However, McKenna explained that lingering to the effects that these emotions produce could block an individual's true connection toward the things present today. Among these feelings, depression does a lot of damage to many.

According to McKenna, the National Health Service reported over 7.87 million individuals with depression between 2020 to 2021. This data states that in England, 1 out of 7 people is given a prescription that could help them improve their mental state during the pandemic.

The Office of National Statistics also found that people with depression doubled while the pandemic surged. According to the information, 21 percent of people in the age group of 16 and over had symptoms, as opposed to the 10-percent record on pre-lockdown. The prevalence of the pandemic and its inflation towards the people seems to be undying, but there might be specialized solutions that are available for any of us. McKenna will present a series of self-help sessions in January 2022.