What effects does the epidemic have on people's psychology?

Personally, I feel that some people have mood swings, even anxiety, panic, anger and depression. During the epidemic period, the psychology of different people was affected to varying degrees. Its main influence has the following aspects.

1, Sleep disorder: Many people have disrupted their life rhythm because of the epidemic, resulting in poor sleep quality. Some people are influenced by their neighbors, their personal biological clocks change and their sleep rhythm is disrupted.

2, anxiety, hypochondriasis: manifested as paying special attention to the various feelings of the body, will associate various discomforts with the virus, and suspect that you are sick. Some people pay too much attention to the news related to the epidemic, and repeatedly check all kinds of content, which aggravates the tension and panic, and even leads to a series of blind herd behavior.

3. Anger: According to the "frustration-attack model" of psychology, in the face of epidemic risk and various pressures, anger that arises spontaneously is actually a natural response to enhance the sense of control and self-defense. We need to keep calm and restrained in our emotional and behavioral reactions, and pay rational attention to the epidemic situation with the mentality of "not believing in rumors and not spreading rumors".

4. Depression: People affected by the epidemic will feel depressed for a while, even sad and desperate, and it is difficult to feel happy. When the epidemic affects the important matters of work and family, it will be more depressed. This kind of performance may be a signal of depression! If the depression lasts too long, it may lead to disorder of life rules and decreased immunity.

5. Blind optimism: In the face of the epidemic, moderate optimism is necessary. However, if you hold the wrong idea that "I have never heard of patients around me, I will not be infected", be blindly optimistic, or even relax your vigilance and be careless, you may increase the risk of infection for yourself and others.

To sum up, individuals also need to be patient, try to keep their inner stability and do something that makes them happy, such as reading books, watching movies and TV plays, communicating with their families, spending time with their children, and carrying out social activities through the Internet, so as to give their emotions an outlet.