Disconnection & Isolation
Loneliness has become a serious public health issue and has only _________ during the pandemic.
What is increased?
The combination of images, ideas, emotions, and sensations that usually occur while someone is asleep, the frequency of which have increased during the pandemic.
What is dreaming?
The response to loss, particularly to the loss of something to which a strong connection or importance was formed. It’s a normal reaction to experiencing something overwhelming, such as the loss of normalcy due to the pandemic.
What is grief?
Adapting to quarantine life came with a big change in people's daily routines. With the vaccine rollout ramping up, people are starting to develop _______ about things returning to normal.
What is anxiety?
Surveys during the pandemic consistently show that:
a) older b) younger c) middle aged
people are most vulnerable to increased psychological distress during quarantine, perhaps because their need for social interactions are stronger.
What is younger?
This public health practice of staying home and keeping at least 6 feet apart from each other in public has reduced the spread of the virus, but has also increased people's sense of isolation.
What is social distancing?
This sleep disorder (in which a person has trouble falling and/or staying asleep) has become much more common during the pandemic.
What is insomnia?
(True/False) Pandemic related grief can take many forms, but it is important to know that grief is an emotional experience and doesn’t have physical effects on the body.
What is false?
The percentage of Americans who say they feel anxious about resuming in-person interactions post-pandemic, according to a report from the American Psychological Association (APA)—a phenomenon psychologists have dubbed "re-entry anxiety."
What is fifty?
The huge surge in bread baking during lockdown led to a worldwide shortage of what crucial ingredient?
What is dry active yeast?
The group of friends, family, peers, and coworkers who you can turn to during times of need. Having one of these is strongly correlated with psychological wellbeing.
What is your social support network?
What is blue?
What is coping?
(True/False) If you are feeling anxious about returning to public spaces once it is safe, using an avoidance strategy can help you decrease your fear quickly.
What is false?
With the huge increase in remote school and work, video calls have become a constant. The eyestrain, exhaustion, and emotional burnout related to this kind of media use is known as _________________.
What is Zoom Fatigue?
The following strategies are correlated with lower feelings of _________: time outside in sunlight, regular exercise, humor, good sleep, and engaging in activities that bring purpose and meaning.
What is isolation or loneliness?
Solid nightly rest strengthens our body’s defenses leading to a more effective _________ which helps us ward off illness, something that is extra important during a global pandemic.
What is immune system?
Denial, anger, bargaining, sadness, and acceptance make up this concept.
What are the Stages of Grief?
Some people have anxiety about getting the COVID 19 vaccine. Although some minor fear is normal, remember that fear is highly ____________, so your fear of the virus can easily translate into fear of the vaccine.
What is generalizable?
Although many struggled with increased isolation during quarantine, one silver lining that others reported is more _________ time with people in their pod who used to be out of the house for long periods of time due to school and work.
What is quality?
Researchers have found that loneliness is just as lethal as smoking 15 cigarettes per day! Lonely people are ______ percent more likely to die prematurely than those with healthy social relationships.
What is 50%?
The phenomenon whereby people intentionally sacrifice sleep for leisure time at night which has been on the rise due to the stress of the pandemic.
What is Revenge Bedtime?
Each person's grief experience is unique, so there is a wide range of possible pathways. However, the intense nature of the pandemic is leading to an increase in a phenomenon known as ________ in which the mourning period is prolonged or intensifies over time.
What is Complicated Grief or Complex Bereavement?
This recently coined term refers to the experience of people feeling scared to reenter post-pandemic society — even after being vaccinated — because they have grown too accustomed to isolation.
What is "Cave Syndrome?"
What is six?