Let us not deceive ourselves. Seeing someone wearing a mask on the bus, in a store or at the gym will never go unnoticed. “Will something happen to him?”, “Why doesn’t he stay at home?”, “Will things like what happened during the epidemic happen again?” Although some people claim that returning masks is not important to them, Expert voices confirm that some complex processes can be restored Of course, we have to give them space.
A few weeks ago, Aragorn woke up to news that meant to many Recovering some of the toughest moments of the now distant but never forgotten pandemic: The mask is back. Of course, first of all only among professionals in health and social care centers, other citizens are “strongly recommended” to use it as a means of transportation, especially in enclosed spaces. Subsequently, its use was made mandatory for patients and medical center users.
Before you know it, this element is starting to appear in institutions, businesses and public roads.but What impact would such a harmless act have on a spiritual level? This is explained by Mari Carmen Maluenda, emergency psychologist from Calatayud and coordinator of the Emergency and Disaster Intervention Group (GIPEC) of the Aragon College of Professional Psychology (Coppa).
“Masks are back May mean re-experiencing fear, uncertainty and discomfort How we feel during the epidemic. It remains a reminder that we can go back to situations we have experienced in the past, like those experienced during Covid-19, that we thought we would forget,” the expert said.
The unprecedented health crisis means we are faced with a reality that does not depend on us, and the fact that something as tiny as a virus could jeopardize the safety of our daily lives overnight: “We are very safe because we have control over our Live our own lives; we decide what to do and what not to do, and nothing can affect our inner peace. “This reality has been completely disrupted by the pandemic, impacting our safety and peace of mind.””, adds the psychologist.
“The return of masks still reminds us that we can go back to situations we have experienced in the past, like those experienced during covid-19, things we thought we had forgotten”
Add to that frequent exposure to the news, and there are consequences: things like anxiety, uncertainty, discomfort, and even disorientation and not quite knowing what’s going on. “It would be more beneficial to provide calming rather than disturbing information; it airs at certain times of the day, but not at every moment and in every medium,” Maluenda warned. In conclusion , Always bet on “efficiency”.
Provided by experts some keys To better cope with the emergence of such emotions, especially the feeling of helplessness that comes from feeling like nothing we do can make us feel safe, the fear of infecting loved ones, or even those we think will make us Sick people showing aggression … are risky, he added.
“The best advice is Take care of ourselves: Live a positive life through actions that make us feel good; regulate and manage our emotions; talk to people who convey calm to us and, above all, listen or read the news calmly and carefully,” he concluded.
Certain age groups are again in the spotlight, such as adults and children. Alejandra Reguero, director of the “Pequeños Maestros” children’s center, assured that the current situation has nothing to do with what happened a few years ago. “Children are always more vulnerable, their immune systems are more immature… Their relationships are closer and more easily spread, They are often the source of infection and then bring the virus home, that’s just the way it is, in the center it’s unavoidable,” he said.
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Furthermore, the woman from Zaragoza, a trained psychologist, assures that information and prevention can provide parents and grandparents who feel calm with a basis of confidence and calm. “There is no possible comparison. Every year hospitals are overcrowded and there are flu and admissions due to complications. Which What we learned was to ventilate more and be more responsible in keeping children home in case obvious symptoms develop. to prevent mass infections,” he warned.
Furthermore, Regro guarantees Most of us Aragonese learned the lesson: “We ventilate a lot, we pay more attention to hygiene, have more rotating toys if possible and more cleaning… Flu shots are highly recommended and the process is much easier, the masks here are not as intrusive as they used to be Sex. Epidemic, because if we had symptoms, we as educators used them, but we didn’t integrate them again,” she said.
Of course, there are other side effects that are not related to infection: “The most immediate and complex side effect we detected was Language bursts are significantly delayed There is a general reduction in spontaneous production and poorer verbal communication because the mask blocks the observation of vocalizations, making imitation and other processes necessary for learning difficult,” he concluded.