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The end of quarantine (or rather the first phase) will arrive on May 4, 2020, with the beginning of Phase 2. Without a doubt, it is a positive moment for the country, but in many people this date generates anxiety and fear because the quarantine is It has become a reassuring dimension. Is this a problem that can be overcome? Of course, with the proper conscience.
According to a strong belief of psychologists, for make a habit (healthy or toxic is) enough only 21 days, or 3 weeks
Meanwhile he Phase 1 quarantine lasted almost 60 days that is, three times three weeks, it is clear that most of the world’s citizens have acquired certain habits during quarantine and that’s amateur for many of them
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During the quarantine, in fact, the house was transformed into a safe nest, outside of which occur infections and deaths completely out of our control. The idea of being safe at home and in danger away from home could become one psychological trap what will make the gradual return to normal desired by the government and necessary for our society.
Obviously the May 4th for many it is one deadline which will mark the forced return to the real world, generating a kind of trauma which could be extremely detrimental to the psychological well-being of citizens “forced” to leave the reassuring walls of their home.
Understand that the fear is normal and that everything anxieties that will manifest in the coming days are perfectly understandable is he first step to take to locate the strategies necessary to overcome the end of quarantine.
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Forced to stay home for a much longer period of time than they were normally used to, many people found themselves deal with themselves and especially with their own good and bad habits.
While some have struggled a lot to get used to it housewife size, many others have achieved fits very well to new living and working conditions.
the families they found enough time to share enjoyable and meaningful activities, I parents they were able to enjoy every minute of the life of their children, the people forced to one stressful work routine they discovered the convenience of working from home.
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Only those who created a positive environment In their own residential and family nucleus, they are the ones who will fight more than others. back out in the open and that probably more than others they will fall prey to quarantine anxieties.
What will be the most common fears?
Anxiety from contagion
After spending months listening to alarmist news about the spread of the infection in public settings and frequented by many people, it is normal that one of the most common fears is that of contract the virus by social contact.
Relationship anxiety
Having to deal only with people in your family or with your small circle of friends has us he is not used to the relationship with strangers. Normally shy and introverted people have found great relief by locking themselves in the house to deal only with the people they love. Returning to relationships with people outside your circle of affection can be very stressful.
Comparative anxiety
Along with relationship anxiety, comparison anxiety also necessarily arises. People who live together or have known each other for years generally have the same way of thinking and they tend to do not fight or, if they fight, they also learned Some strategies to make peace.
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Exchanging views or mediating with people who know each other less is more difficult and more stressful. People who do not like to question themselves and who have been “pampered” by an absolutely safe dimension for two months, may feel very anxious when they return to confront people (colleagues, bosses, clients) who think differently from them or who have different needs.
Change anxiety
Finally, a more general anxiety, covering many aspects of life during and after quarantine, is that About the change.
As mentioned, many people have become attached to new routine at home, why did they succeed find a new balance personal and family
“Will I be able to avoid being overwhelmed by work stress?”, “Will I be able to protect my children from infection?”, “Will I be able to complete the projects I had to block due to quarantine?” These are all extremely common but absolutely normal questions at this particular moment in history.
The bubble trap and the hikikomori
The lack of confrontation continues with the rest of the world, “getting closer to yourself” and in your family andrelationship anxiety generated when you are forced to leave your home in Japan has acquired a real name: Hikikomori.
This word indicates those people, generally young men between the ages of 15 and 30 who prefer lock up to have digital relations with the rest of the world and reject any other type of contact.
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the Modern society provides a lot of means for hikikomori for keep yours without problems Lifestyle work online, order food, clothing and basic necessities online, chat online, have fun online normal activities even for those who are not hikikomori.
During quarantine, many people discovered the comfort of this lifestyle and they found themselves thinking that it is not so bad after all.
The problem is that, regardless of the excesses of a hikikomori, leading to pathology, there is a risk that normal people “take refuge” as much as possible in this type of life, even after the end of quarantine because overwhelmed by anxiety.
How do you do it avoid this risk?
Finding the balance between “inside and outside” after the end of quarantine: ready on May 4
During the quarantine we had time to rediscover our hobbies and our spirituality, we got to time to build good habits and say Dismantle bad habits
If the path has been positive, we are (as far as possible) better people compared to when quarantine started, even if we’ve been through tough times.
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the May 4 challenge to end quarantine as we have known it until now, it will be good habits ferry in almost normal life that we will be called to recover.
Use the balance weapons, new self-awareness and self rediscovery facing the life that will begin on May 4 is the only way to don’t feel overwhelmed by anxiety and of fear
However, it should also be said that the first step to follow, if you really fall prey to the anxiety of leaving home, is accept your fear and understand its causes.
It is also essential don’t condemn yourself because you have anxiety: it’s one Perfectly normal reaction. We just need to understand how to put it in its place functional solutions to your situation
If possible they could gradually resume social contacts and not all together If you are among the people who will return to work, you can decide limit social relations only for the work environment, at least for a first period, and then slowly resume the others. In addition to being a very responsible behavior from a health point of view it is also very productive from the point of view of Psychological well-being.
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After understanding what the origins and triggers of the anxieties that are experienced, but one must as long as you want to face them: To return to go out and have social relations It will be difficult and exhausting at first, but things do will improve over time
After all, to form a habit you just need 21 days In 21 days from May 4 things will have changed (definitely for the better).
