How COVID has affected our mental health
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- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
- More than a year on from the first UK lockdown, COVID-19 has had an undeniable impact on our daily lives.
Disruption to our routines, uncertainty about work and money, general health issues and dealing with unexpected caring responsibilities continue to affect how we’re feeling and coping.
We asked you how you were feeling, and analysed your responses in the ZOE COVID Study app to determine how COVID affected our mental health. In this webinar, we'll look at what effects the pandemic threat, and contracting the virus itself, had on our mental and physical health.
Featuring:
Prof. Tim Spector, OBE
Lead investigator on the ZOE COVID Symptom Study app
Prof. Tim Spector is a scientific co-founder at ZOE, lead scientist of the ZOE COVID Symptom Study, professor of genetic epidemiology and director of the TwinsUK Registry at King's College, London. Having published over 800 research articles, he is ranked in the top 1% of the world's most-cited scientists by Thomson-Reuters. He is also a prolific writer, with several popular science books including 'The Diet Myth' and 'Spoon-Fed'.
Dr. Claire Steves
Principal Investigator of the ZOE mental health survey, King's College London
Claire is a Reader at King’s College London. She is also a Consultant Geriatrician at Guys and St Thomas’s NHS Foundation Trust as well as the Deputy Director (Clinical) for TwinsUK. Claire is interested in the interactions between physical and mental health in ageing.
Brendan Street
Professional Head of Emotional Wellbeing at Nuffield Health
Brendan is a BABCP Accredited Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist and Supervisor, fully qualified EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing) practitioner, and NMC registered Mental Health Nurse. Brendan has over 25 years-experience of treating mental health problems in the NHS and private sector.
*This event has been pre-recorded.
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Excellent and properly informative webinar. Thank you!
Almost everyone I know now feels depressed. We are a retired couple with ‘normal’ busy family and friends, but everyone I speak to now says they feel wierd in one way or another. One point is that some of us have had all kinds of other serious issues going on in our lives as well as the pandemic.
Have you seen definitions of 'languishing'?
I get up and down days and being a widow find it incredibly hard to get motivated.
During lockdown my husband (aged 75) has lost the sight in one eye (wet macular degeneration) and developed vascular dementia. My mother (aged 86) (in our bubble) has suffered badly from lack of social interaction and external stimuli - she has "aged" more than a year in the last 12 months - become much less independent, more frail, less alert. Both children lost their jobs / no furlough; so I have had to be a full time carer to two seniors, go back to work full time (from home) (after having retired in 2019) and remotely the support the mental health and finances of two adult children.
I hope things improve for you soon.
awfully difficult - my husband was diagnosed with post-surgery psychosis, depression and anxiety just prior to lockdown#1 and was dropped by the mental health team… he’s taken to his bed since lockdown#1
The dreadful cost of Lockdowns. The fallout from this will dwarf COVID deaths...
My son got locked down while visiting home and his mental health team said they could not still support him while he was at home and when he went back to London they would not accept him back on even though they said he could go back on everything once he was back. This has caused him such anxiety...he felt suicudal. What is wrong with this country?
@@amandamackie9379 lockdowns are are cruel, blunt instrument for which not comprehensive cost/benefit analysis was made
Another really interesting and informative webinar.
I enjoy listening live and always share your findings.
It's been a tough year in many different ways for so many of us.
Being citizen scientists has helped us feel we are making a tiny contribution to the vital work that you all do.
Checking in with others seeing the bigger picture and being mindful of our own health and well being has certainly helped us to reflect and learn.
Weeding out the nonsense and listening to your weekly updates has also kept us grounded
Thank you as always to you all for the work that you do and the sacrifices you and your families make every day to benefit us all
As an introvert I have found the enforced reduction in cultural over-stimulation a huge relief and I would include over consumption of non-essential goods and services with their toll on the worlds resources and I hope we will be able to hold onto some of the benefits that have come out of this terrible and sad time…
I agree with you although I have felt zoom communication really hard. Really missed one to one conversation.
I agree with you too. We need to take the "good" that can come from all this that will benefit us individually as well as a society, also environmental.
As an extrovert, I couldn't disagree more. the lack of external stimulus has been absolutely calcifying. It's felt like rotting on the vine. Awful time.
Dear Izzy Wizzy
This is very understandable, and I completely am with you regarding over stimulation and over consumption of non-essential goods and services. Our world has become horribly polluted with poisons of all sorts impacting our physical health, let alone our mental health.
We must discern the good, discard the bad. I set up a website to try and cover all the essential things, truths if you will, that people need to know. I often use humour as laughter helps enormously. I use puns a lost, plays on words. I have done so since I was very young.
The following links may amuse and enlighten if you are interested.
alphaandomegacloud.wordpress.com/g-is-for-guidance/
alphaandomegacloud.wordpress.com/l-is-for-lockdown/
The above is sensible and the below is funny (in my humble opinion).
alphaandomegacloud.wordpress.com/2020/11/04/breaking-news-second-lockdown/
Kind regards
Baldmichael Theresoluteprotector'sson
@@DistantCousin I'm an extrovert too, I am also a conservative now. 👍
As a practising psychotherapist I found it useful to have a blend of science, research and psychological specialisms all giving their views on the enormous impact Covid has had both physically and mentally on our country as a whole. I really like how different approaches are now joining up, which aligns with my holistic stance; humans being a interconnected mass of thoughts, feelings and behaviours.
There are a number of factors affecting our mental health: Covid-19, AIDs, the Climate Emergency, job insecurity, the threat of AI, Social Media, the cost of housing, pollution -- to name only eight. Apart from Covid-19, they all impact the young much more than the over 50s.
I found the daily logging of symptoms to be very comforting. I felt I was contributing to something really useful even if it was the scientific equivalent of the widow's mite.
I found the discussion extremely informative. I must admit that I feel more anxious now than a year ago. There no longer seems a normality in life. Each time we seem to get a fragment of good news and hope up pops one expert or another basically still indicating the world is coming to an end.
I think we have been beaten down by the ‘science’ and it has taking hope away.
Of all the information that is available your study seems to be the only one that gives a truly balanced view. Thank you
I have OCD an anxiety disorder. Agree about uncertainty and reassurance of Lockdown. OCD also referred to as 'Doubters Disease'
Good point made about going to your gp. It is almost impossible to get an appt with my gp they triage on the telephone and have made it clear they will not see patients in person. My father is elderly and has been very poorly over the last year he has not seen a Gp once
Rachel, I don't know if this is any help but I contacted LIVI some weeks ago. You get an appointment with a GP within 24 hours. In my case, the GP I spoke to said that I must see a GP. I was to ring and say the LIVI doctor advised me to be seen. So I did., and got good care. You can google LIVI. My medical centre has joined LIVI but you can also pay if yours hasn't.
I have found that the emotion of anger at ‘others’ and the sense of bad faith in how sensitive others are in protecting others has impacted me and although this has roots in real life situations it also arises within me as a sense of abandonment. For me the shift in social placement or sense of place has ongoing changes and effects.
My children (in their 20s) have suffered far more with the challenges of restrictions - their lives have effectively been put "on hold" for 12 months - all their aspirations (career, being home, personal relationships etc) have gone west. One has had to move to Switzerland to get work and another has had 3-year relationship collapse completely under strain of no-contact during Covid.
What a great way to treat people who were never at risk of covid.
Bravo UK government.
Label young people as potential gran5t killers and then pay mental health employees to blowviate over the stats and pretend to pick up the pieces.
I'm truly saddened for your young adults
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I tick the boxes in the app almost as a sort of duty to assist the research and to hope in doing something useful. The webinars are my source of comfort. They provide valuable information from you people who I respect and rely on during this difficult time. And yes, having got used to it, it has become a habit taking part!
Some great questions 👍
I frequently meet people who feel anxious to mix with other people, whether it be indoors or outdoors. Many will continue to wear face masks once all restrictions are lifted.
Many people are still so scared, what the government and so called experts have done to us is unforgivable.
Tragic
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Dear@@stevesmith3990
Agreed but as I have been trying to point out to people as best I can in reality people did not bother to double check what the government put on its own website at gov.uk.
It gave guidance & advice right from the start and that means it was not mandatory. I was questioning it early on but took a while before I said I must look at the written guidance. Then I realised what a twit I was not to do it before.
Therefore I say people have locked themselves down and are partly to blame in trusting the government briefings without checking. I have written about this and other matters on my website if you are interested.
alphaandomegacloud.wordpress.com/g-is-for-guidance/
alphaandomegacloud.wordpress.com/l-is-for-lockdown/
The above is sensible and the below is funny (in my humble opinion).
alphaandomegacloud.wordpress.com/2020/11/04/breaking-news-second-lockdown/
Kind regards
Baldmichael Theresoluteprotector'sson
As a medical person I have lost all faith in the profession, the industry, and the agencies that govern it. We always knew they were somewhat corrupt, this has underscored that with mass murder...
Same here.
Me too
Nature has completely helped me...I felt very sorry for people without a garden
I really appreciate you doing this webinar on a very complicated and emotive subject. I have a chronic disease so in the beginning I felt the wrong country was living my lifestyle but when we got to the second I begun to realise that it was having a serious impact on my physical health, I have now lost mobility that I will never get back. I agree we needed to protect the vulnerable, I too was classes as one but I never ever want to do another lockdown.
I feel the news did spread a lot of fear...
BBC news has been terrible...try Channel 4 news does not focus on Covid only
Like Sue (below) I, too find it very hard to get motivated to do anything. The only thing I have been really good at is exercise and good diet. I have believed in that for quite a few years now anyway, so it comes naturally to me. Over the last couple of days I have been gardening again, which has been really nice. I still don't want to interact with friends and family, although I do see my son and my granddaughter when I can. I have had both injections but am still very frightened of contracting Covid and shopping and going out are still very frightening for me. Thanks for the Webinar. It was very useful.
I'm sad to hear this. I'd like to encourage you to meet one other person other than your son, at least. I found that once I slowly saw other people, the more confident I felt about it all. I found that when I was at home constantly I imagined the outside world was a lot more scary than the reality actually was. When I finally went into my office after a couple of months, I saw that people like the police and social workers etc were having to live almost as normal and were still not getting infected, so I decided I could be a bit braver. Now we've been vaccinated it's even better 😊 sending you a virtual hug
This never ending cycle of lockdowns has been disastrous for my mental health - Without question.(but I am one of those younger "naturally gregarious" people she speaks of) Lockdowns are cruel and a blunt instrument to deal with COVID.
Dear DistantCousin
Lockdowns serve no purpose medically whatsoever. The death rates soared April 2020 because of lockdown, not in spite of. This has made me very angry.
However, once I started double checking I realised that the government has only ever issued guidance and advice. Which means you do not have to follow it unless you happen to consider it sensible.
Fear has driven many people to stop being sensible and wise and to not love others, let alone themselves.
Lockdowns have benefits though where it has made people reevaluate their lives and stop rushing around like a mad thing, often polluting the environment in our cars (I am a keen cyclist and use my bicycle as much as possible).
I set up a website last year to try and explain the issues to people. I use humour where I can; laughter is often said to be the best medicine. Below are links to my website on guidance and lockdowns if you are interested.
alphaandomegacloud.wordpress.com/g-is-for-guidance/
alphaandomegacloud.wordpress.com/l-is-for-lockdown/
The above is sensible and the below is funny (in my humble opinion).
alphaandomegacloud.wordpress.com/2020/11/04/breaking-news-second-lockdown/
Kind regards
Baldmichael Theresoluteprotector'sson
I lost a relative that died of Covid 2 weeks before Christmas and this really alerted me to how real this was. This greatly increased my anxiety...
Excellent program. Brendan’s 5 point resilience model is an accessible, positive tool. As a US citizen, and speaking only for myself, I was challenged by the unstable, disruptive, chaotic political environment under the former President. What new outrage would arrive each morning? The baffoonish non-handling of all aspects of the pandemic, attempts at gaslighting the public, and bullying of public health officials was freighting. To me, this craziness was an integral part of mental health challenges under COVID.
Yes, Ellen, I felt the same way. I watched the news four times a day or more to see what hysterical administration crisis was befalling the USA. We did have the worst leader. But looking around the world there was a lot of craziness and extreme opinions. New Zealand seemed to do well, but it is a small isolated country. Anyway, I felt a lot better once the new president was sworn in, a lot calmer inside myself.
I suffer with ptsd and its definately the what ifs that escalates the anxiety. I was on high alert....
Having had ME/CFS for over 10 years , I have been in my own personal lockdown the last 7 years, close friends disappeared, I became unable to work, I could only get out and do things when I was having a “good day”, when my thyroid started to fail it impacted on my ability to do things even further. I would spend weeks at home on my own, just my Jack Russell and cat for company, for weeks at a time. I would have days feeling very low.
My life didn’t change much during the first lockdown. I was still isolated from friends and family as I had been due to my health problems, it was spring and the. Summer I could be in my garden.
I struggled during the second lockdown I found myself struggling with anxiety and depression. My only constant visitor my Mum wouldn’t, couldn’t visit, my link to the outside world had stopped. I had to stop watching the news because all the deaths being listed just made me feel worse. And as the days had shortened and it was now winter I wasn’t able to get out as much, even in my garden, Stay safe everyone.
I liked this webinar. Freedom day means nothing to me as due to the pandemic lockdowns and other world events I can’t go to populated areas as I get panic attacks. I have aspergers. When the lockdown first started I couldn’t wait for the pandemic to subside and to have my freedom back. Now I just have anxiety and the longer I stay out the more erratic my behavior becomes. I have disconnected my social media and cut off everyone I know, I am angry all the time. Only videos about trains and Star Wars keeps my spirits up. Hope everyone is well.
The mainstream media have a lot to answer for.
Absolutely. The mainstream media are controlling and therefore dangerous to the mental health of the whole population. It’s best not to listen to them.
Didn't think I liked this man until he mentioned his dog and now I realise he's a good guy!
As Per Godwin’s Law, Hitler had a dog.
Actually I think Hitler liked cats better. But either way I take your point. I can't compare this guy to Hitler though!
Found this really informative, especially hearing evidence based information and it helping me and others to feel more comfortable with the challenges we are facing. So pleased issues relating to sleep were covered. Looking forward to the research around sleep impacts of this pandemic. ZOE Please keep up the great work in plugging the gap the government never address.
I enjoyed the webinar very much. I learned a lot. I was very lucky up in the Highlands because I got to see my GP several times during the lock down. Initially you had to speak to the receptionist and give the outline of what was wrong; she then relayed the facts to the doctor and the doctor decided whether I should come in or manage with a telephone consultation. It was most reassuring. I quite enjoyed the peace of the lockdowns and became rather a hermit being quite happy to go walks on my own with the healing sounds of nature .. Now I am finding it more difficult to reintegrate with society and their endless chattering irks me. Think that will change soon.
Interesting comments about people living in rural and urban areas. We live very rural and have chosen to be here. Our children have moved away a few years ago because of the lack of internet and facilities generally. I can appreciate therefore that older people in rural areas would be less affected by being isolated than the younger people who need the social interaction.
That's because younger people believe they are in control of their lives, when in fact they are not. A lesson that is learned earlier in life for them.
Hi everyone. I am looking forward to this seminar. I may have to dip in and out a bit as i have youngster i am caring for. But the question i would like to ask is whether other mental health professionals ( i am a psychologist) have seen the same substantial rise in adolescents seeking help, particularly those in exam years? My impression is that the combination of high pressure in schools to perform well together with all the uncertainties, change of routines and missed education has caused an inordinate degree of stress in Gcsc and A level students.
Hi Malcolm also a therapist independently and I am also running a counselling service yes seeing young people struggling..
Yes Malcolm, I'm a counsellor in private practice and working with a number of adolescents who are very anxious and stressed at the moment! It's hard to pinpoint one single cause but the pandemic definitely hasn't helped at all. I'm getting a mix of ages from 13 to 18.
I would agree. Have also seen this effect filter down to younger age groups.
I would have liked to have heard more about how to cope if you are a shielder and in the most vulnerable categories.
Great webinar, informative. I really like that you all said how the last 12 months had affected you.
Will this broadcast be available on RUclips for others to see who may not have been able to attend today?
I would like to know this too! I cannot stay for the entire time
Just back on the happy pills after 4 years. All I do is cry from loneliness and isolation
Current waiting lists for therapy are dreadful....often by the time you reach the top of the waiting list therapy services are no longer required. I m currently awaiting EMDR through veterans NHS and the waiting list is currently at least 8 months...
I really appreciate people I meet now and small talk...
I found the study very helpful especially the resilience needed to carry on afterwards. This is useful for adults, who probably are those completing your study, but possibly not very helpful for students and those at school.
Your study didn’t address the effect that it has had on teenagers especially girls in the examination age groups. The uncertainty over COVID and how it could effect older family members together with how its going to effect their future has been more than a lot of them can cope with.
Talking to staff at a boarding school there has been a sharp rise in self harm amongst girls. As they are under 18 they can’t phone IATS for help as suggested and even before COVID the support for those with mental health problems was difficult to assess. The future looks very bleak for all these students.
You and your team are doing an amazing job at keeping us informed.
Thank you very much
A very interesting webinar. I identified a lot with the "loss of sense of purpose" and "what if" scenarios
Thank you so much for this. I'm not coping at all well, so this was useful.
A really interesting discussion. Thank you to you all.
Very interesting. I believe more emphasise has to placed on the older/elderly, especially the people who have been shielding who have been badly affected mentally and physically. I know, I’m one of them!
I'm an "Oldie" (89) and feel lucky not to have been badly affected, but have family in S-E Asia and Australia, and feel bad about missing them 17 months and no hope in sight. My sister may not last until I can get to see her.
Thank you . My grandaughter who is 11 has social anxiety about going out of the house and is waiting for an appointment from a GP referral since November 2020
This was very helpful as behaviours during the pandemic are shown to be separate from mental ill health as such. My husband was diagnosed with post-surgery trauma/ psychosis/ depression and anxiety a few months before the pandemic. He was coming out of it on my birthday in March 2020 but then we went into lockdown#1 and he took to his bed. Anxiety upon anxiety in his case, I guess. This discussion was really helpful as it showed he is somewhere on the continuum of poor resilience regarding health anxiety.
Excellent opportunity to hear from the experts. Particularly appreciated Brendan’s definitions of mental health and the various pillars. It will be vital to support younger people in years to come as it seems pretty clear impacts may be long-reaching. Thank you Zoe team and invited experts
Thanks again, another very helpful and informative webinar from ZOE. Continue on with your brilliant work!
Lost all of my confidence in performing ,to add to it , I suffered three bouts of serious IBS, and have needed up on steroids for reasons which no one can explain, never been so ill since lockdown. It has taken away everything i was professional at. I will survive as long as i am alive I WILL SURVIVE, HAS BEEN MY MANTRA TO GET HERE, and a wonderful song that I learnt” you’re not the only one “ by third world, and i am glad to say that after doing a virtual session, people have said it has also become their mantra Hope this helps some one.
my mental health has only been affected by having the vaccine AZ as it has given me ostensibly some kind of inflammatory condition in my hands which i never had. I was extremely flu stricken and bad cough after first vaccine too. I am worried that i will have to go through this every year when we have the vaccine assuming we will need it every year. 5 months on i still cant do small things with my right hand and that is deeply impacting as I am an artist. There is no advice for people who had such effects and we feel abandoned. Will this be a yearly occurence?
Sorry this has happened to you, but I do not understand why people are put down for refusing to take the risk of these types of side effects themselves. I hope you can find mental health help. Unfortunately, the NHS has proven itself to be worthless. I'm actively avoiding them now.
Your doctor will convince you it has nothing to do with the vaccine.
I wasnt aware i was taking any risk tbh but having had consequences i am not getting much help now either
@@Flat-White One of our GPs has said that lots of patients are saying they had flare up of their arthritis after 1st AZ jab but in my case i never had arthritis to any obvious degree in the first place
Useful videos to watch -
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I enjoyed the webinar and the insight into how the pandemic had affected different age groups. I was gratified to learn that my 'brain fog' was probably not permanent and the route cause probably due to the rapid change during the pandemic.
Thank you for such an informative webinar and for sharing the results of the study.
I found the session very useful and informative. I so agreed with Clare and Tim about having a purpose. I have been volunteering all through the pandemic (and before) and found it great to have a reason to have to go out and do something. I also found being part of the study and other studies very motivating and it helps because even though this is a hard time for everyone it feels good to be contributing to the data to help with this pandemic and hopefully inform others.
The mental health definition of 4:4 is useful in discussions regarding spectrum or continuum of mental health/ill health. I have found my resilience has improved by finding new hobbies and friends over remote platforms.
Thanks all. Doing the best we can under the circumstances is where it's at.
The age-adjusted mortality rate for 2020 was no higher than 2008 and lower than 2004. Can someone explain why we would 'need' another lockdown?
When someone explains why healthy people were locked down at all , first please. 😉
the astra vaccine has triggered my depression return which we dont read about . I have had an awful reaction and my dr has put me back onto my medication . This has not been spoken about and if i had known i would react to the vaccine in this way i would have waited till more info was available .
Steven, you are the experiment I'm afraid.
This is a new drug.
Emergency licence only.
Only through yours and others reporting will we learn what the actual side effects are.
It could take many years before all sides effects are known.
yellowcard.mhra.gov.uk/resources/reporting-forms/ you can report adverse reactions here
@@kuno1711 thankyou
@@greyh314 i will thankyou
I had the same problems with the AZ I was put on meds due to worried sick thinking I was gonna die of pain in the head thinking it was blood clots. If I’d of know I wouldn’t of had the vaccine
Always helpful to know others are experiencing the same feelings instead of feeling alone with thoughts and doubts.
Thanks for this broadcast. I hope to gain information on how to avoid depressions during this pandemic.
People were left in extremely vulnerable situations where I feel others often used the covid situation to harm/abuse others or even for financial gain
Thank you. So informative. I really like those 5 values to help with mental health
I caught up with this today and found your approach refreshing and informative. Well done, I look forward to many more of your webinars, you do an excellent job.
1. the link to the website is broken
2. can we share a link a recording of this webinar?
3. Does ZOE an acronym for something?
4. what is iapt?
Thank you for all that ZOE has been and is doing. I must sadly, take issue with the comment- GPs are not busy. I would invite you to spend time being one in order to quantify this. The pressure in general
Practice is at a level I have not seen in 30 years and I think it is a very damaging message for the mental health of general practice staff to tell the pub!ic we are 'not busy'.... And that is simply not the case
It is a mixture.
Good luck getting to see a GP. 👍🙄
Thank you. so informative and especially those 5 values to help with mental health
I have always been a person with good motivation and pleasure in life. Most of my interests are around music and creative pursuits, not only on my own, but also with other people, and as an extrovert I enjoy socialising very much. I’m also very family orientated and I like spending time with my son and grandchildren. Having all of these things stripped away from me during the pandemic has been extremely difficult and I have struggled with lack of motivation and depression. I have found taking supplements Rhodiola Rosea to keep me calm, and St John’s wort for depression has helped.
Enjoyable and informative webinar: thanks! I was initially distracted by the rolling chat, but actually found it immensely helpful to realise that so many others are struggling as I am.
Five pillars of mental resilience . 43:12 Brilliant!
I found this hour very helpful. It caused me to understand the importance of interacting with people - especially since I live alone.
Down to earth and positive feel to this talk, thanks.
So glad that a group of smart people asked real questions to get real views of the covid chaos.
We're in Florida and have done the ZOE study on our tablets since the start. We see varying after effects of how COVID has affected ppl even if they didn't have it. we worry about the variants and we are concerned about truth too, facts, reality and not falsehoods. our GP sees us regularly as before CV19 as we are trying to stay fit and healthy. We recently rejoined the gym after a year away and we certainly FELT it too! feels good to get back. Don't wear masks but stay away from ppl too. Our whole family has had 2 shots, either P or M. Yes, depression is a big part of this, males and females alike. Comes and goes. Staying occupied helps but getting the motivation to start a new project is hard too. we try not to get caught up in COVID and all the rush, hush and still want to hear real updates. we know other countries are having it much harder than we are. That saddens us. So much money is wasted on the wrong things, IMHO.
Disappointed no discussion of m my mental health symptoms as part of Long Covid itself. Anxiety, depression etc intermittent, irrational, overwhelming waves. Not recognised by GP . Said “Everybody is feeling fed up in lockdown” and gave me no suport
With all the studies around the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, mental health has featured highly and this discussion has certainly addressed some of the issues. I was struck however by the online chat, which raised many issues that were not related to personal mental health, but more to socialogical distress / disturbances, from a wider canvas.
It occurs to me that many of the concerns are not directly related to the pandemic, but were dormant within much of recent social discourse. The pandemic and its social - political controls have just served to bring these out in the open.
Personal responsibilities, social values, and the basics of a democratic system have all been challenged. Economic arguments have taken more of a back seat, where they had previously become perhaps too dominant.
It was interesting that the 'chat' raised comparisons with the post-war era of the 1940-50's. During those times, little was made of 'mental health' although incidents of mental trauma were very apparent, and often appallingly handled.
Social cohesion at that time was greatly influenced by the strength and authority of the 'church'. Sadly at these times we have heard little from that quarter that would serve to help, both the individual, and to counter the unwelcome pronouncements of the media in all its forms. However the comparison of 'mental health issues' then and now, suggest that the pandemic and its controls are less influential than other factors.
These might include confidence in our leaders, bureaucratic mal-administration, employment reward and sustainability, comfort from police protection, and economic 'values'. Do we again have difficulty in determining Right from Wrong ? and is this not the problem for the many attributes of mental health.
regards
'Don
In the United States political polarization has continued and heightened during the pandemic. The Conservative Evangelical churches have had a lot to say, but I don't think it was positive and I don't think it reflects well on the Christian faith. They have taken a very hard line of individual freedom, and anti-vax rhetoric sometimes with cringeworthy behaviour. The "one Voice" of the 1940's was never really one voice. It was a voice of ethnically white male middleclass people. Those days are not coming back.
Our industry is suffering collective mental health issues - the travel industry
Unfortunate for the the travel industry; but sadly, travel, especially international, is a driver for the development of pandemics.
@@garthwilkinson3929 human beings are responsible for all man made co2 on the planet which is a driver for climate change.
Shall we shut down humans too? I mean mixing, like social human being have done successful for millennia is soooo passe
We have easy more important causes to virtue signal over now, societal apartheid is the new tolerance and social duty. 🤔
@@kuno1711 Of course human beings are responsible for all man made CO2, by definition. Social contact is immensely important to human beings and other animals. But, as an intelligent animal, I just think we should try to minimise travel as far as is reasonable. Walking and cycling are better than fossil fuel driven vehicles, and air and sea travel are very damaging environmentally using current technology. Separate from that, though, national, but particularly international, travel is an important vector for spreading disease, and for how an epidemic can develop into a pandemic. We’ve seen that over the past year, and it hasn’t stopped yet. I’m very sorry for those whose livelihoods have been struck down by the pandemic, but that is why I believe we need to reimagine what business sectors are really essential to human and planetary wellbeing, and which are just nice to have. The travel industry is only one of many sectors to suffer. The majority population of most poor nations do not have the luxury of international travel, for example.
I was hoping for a little more depth, and academic insight. I thought the content was useful as personal advice and very clearly presented, but there was little correlation to the study and I was surprised we did not have a few more charts, surprises, revelations.
I have summarised the points made in a yammer post at my employer's site-specific forum, and a link to the video. It has been a useful way to start discussions, but wasn't what I was expecting.
people with history of mental health issues should be aware of how it can make you feel . studies of how this can affect you need to be done . I had been good for six months off my meds , keeping fit ,positive etc and the vaccine put me back 10 years . i reported my side effects on the zoe app and would have been good for someone to get in touch . Have you looked into depression being triggered by the vaccine ?
You need to make a yellow card report. It can be done individually online
I was interested to hear Tim refer to "post 2nd inoculation covid" . I suspect that is what I had for a couple of weeks after my second jab. I went for a PCR test (X2 ,separated by about a week) and both returned a negative result. Anyone else ??
Still not sure what the difference between Mental Health and feeling down.
Thanks Tim much appreciated 👍
I cannot access my daily COVID log in. Looked at pages to see what questions were asked if you had had COVID, now I cannt get out of that page.HELP!!!!!
Hello from a very warm and sunny Herefordshire
Looking forward to this
Has it occurred to people that people with a severe and long-term diagnosis of mental health distress might feel better than usual during the pandemic - as some do in wartime.
I certainly agree that during the pandemic there was a feeling of solidarity amongst people. Unlike wartime though, we have been isolated from one another, which has had a vastly detrimental effect.
Yes I've come across this in the last year, particularly with people with mild autism.
Is this because there is a feeling of solidarity when you see every one is living in govn mandated misery instead of just you?
@Tristan Collins Tristan, Yes. The last year has had many times of happiness for me. I don't agree that mental health exists on a continuum. I find there's a moment when something in me clicks into place, usually but not always when I'm waking up in the morning, and - I go, Oh God, here we are again! - and I find I've moved from health into illness. It's like crossing over a border from one land to another. During the pandemic, I seem to have crossed back into where 'everyone else' lives much quicker than at other times. It's partly because nobody is demanding of me things I haven't got to give, like an account of myself! Good to hear from you. Thanks
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Coping strategies mentioned did not include compulsive on line shopping. Also some people cope by denying that there is a pandemic on that vaccination is necessary. They post their views publicly on lamp posts and on street signs.
Good explanation of lack of motivation extreme tiredness and confusion resulting from serial lock downs. Keep up the good work!
What is post vaccination Covid?
It's not affected my mental health, I'm enjoying getting no one at my door 🤣
Consider yourself lucky
I thought it was very interesting and informative. I am anxious about June 21st basically ending of Lockdown due to the Delta variant as it seems the AZ vaccine is potentially only 60% effective and that is the one that I received and as I am Clinically extremely vulnerable and the Delta Variant has been found in a town relatively close to where I live, it is probably only a matter of time before it is found where I live as it does seem to be spreading quite rapidly. Hence I am very anxious about rejoining society having been shielding since March 2020 and still am shielding.
I had to leave my job in health care after 13 half years as im autistic. Im now doing cbt for a anxiety and panic disorders. I can’t even get on a bus now or go in to shops in my own
This pandemic changed all my structure routines and my coping mechanisms in order to work. Now I haven’t worked since April 2020
I enjoyed this informative webinar and it raised some points I hadn't thought about.
Interested to hear anything about Long Covid and MH
There is no such thing as long covid it's a normal reaction people get after recovering ftom all injuries and illness.
@@douglastaggart9360 A curious comment. I just had an optician check up. The operative told me she was becoming aware of symptoms of long Covid in some of her clients. I believe you are incorrect in your statement.
@@douglastaggart9360 thanks for your advice. Duly noted.
i am a little puzzled i thought we would be able to ask the experts questions -how?
I really enjoyed the webinar and I found it very interesting. Thank you
There is a dimension of therapy which is hugely impoverished by online MH services. The relational and listening spaces cannot be done over the phone.
Hello from sunny Aberdeen, Scotland!
Very interesting. Loneliness was a big issue for myself and a fear of becoming perhaps severely ill or even dying through catching covid...
My husband has no mental health but now struggling
Still struggling now
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