Handbook for mental health care during COVID-19 outbreak (Part 1)
Common emotional reactions:
1. Anxiety: excessive attention to your health condition, regarding the novel coronavirus as the cause of all discomforts, and worry about getting sick.
2. Panic: suffering anxiety about imaginary symptoms and ailments, feeling afraid of touching elevator buttons and doorknobs, excessive hand washing and disinfection, and fear of going outside, let alone seeing a doctor.
3. Anger and irritability: highly sensitive when experiencing pressure, and getting angry, losing temper and even exhibiting impulsive behaviors because of trivialities.
4. Depression: feeling extremely tired and depressed, difficulty concentrating and experiencing sleep problems.
5. Fear: fear of the disease coupled with Internet rumors.
6. Blind optimism: mistakenly believing that the epidemic poses little risk to their lives or their immune systems protect them well from infection. Even worse, some may ignore transmission-based precautions and advice of friends and family.
7. Loneliness: those who have been in isolation or quarantine alone away from home may feel lonely.
8. Impulsion and irritation: negative emotional responses, and impulsive or irrational behaviors caused by depression.
疫情下常見的情緒反應：
1. 焦慮多疑
疫情出現后特別關注身體的各種變化，將自身各種不舒服與新型冠狀病毒肺炎聯系起來，懷疑自己是否生病。
2. 惶恐不安
可能會出現“疑病，不敢按電梯和觸摸門把手”“反復洗手、消毒”“不出門，更不敢去醫院”等行為及想法。
3. 憤怒暴躁
在壓力下變得極度敏感，因一點小事就急躁、發脾氣，甚至出現沖動行為等。
4. 抑郁悲傷
每天都十分疲勞、精神不振，也很難集中注意力去思考，還可能出現睡眠問題。
5. 恐懼害怕
對于疾病本身具有恐慌情緒，加上網上各種謠言，出現恐懼害怕的情緒。
6. 盲目樂觀
抱有“疫情很遙遠，不會有危險”“我抵抗力強，不可能感染”的錯誤想法，更有甚者認為事不關己、不聽朋友及家人的勸說、不做防護。
7. 孤獨寂寞
部分特殊人群，由于疫情可能導致自己孤身一人在異鄉隔離，感到孤獨寂寞。
8. 沖動激惹
許多人壓抑的情緒不能釋放，可能導致一些沖動的、不理智的情緒及行為。
