SOCA03Y3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Guided Meditation, Putting-Out System, Melatonin
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Coping with anxiety in the time of covid. A mini-lecture by dr. becky liddle, counselling psychologist. When you activate your parasympathetic ns (rest/digest nervous system) using one of these methods, the pns down-regulates the sns (fight/flight/freeze nervous system) and lowers your anxiety: Baths nature just stay 6-feet (2 metres) away from other people deep breathing/slower breathing: this one you can take everywhere with you and use all the time. Just take a deep breath or two, or deliberately slow down your breathing a little, any time you"re anxious. These are the cheaper goggles i use: http://www. amazon. com/dp/b003obz64m/ref=pe_175190_ 21431760_m3t1_st1_dp_1: here"s an article from harvard medical school that a client sent to me: http://www. health. harvard. edu/staying-healthy/bluelight-has-a-dark-side. Psychological interventions: check in on covid only once, possibly twice, a day. Not 24/7: if you like posting stories/articles, forward the uplifting ones, not the shocking or discouraging ones. Don"t post/share something awful that the recipient can"t do anything about.
